Here is a visualization of the center of the LMC in the `v1.0.5` version of the database-- https://www.legacysurvey.org/viewer-dev/jpeg-cutout?ra=78.76&dec=-69.19&layer=ls-dr11-early-v2&pixscale=120&width=500&height=500 <img width="500" height="500" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3b07fca8-1731-444d-b94f-3f1e75df5ff5" /> And here's the NED center, which comes from Tully et al. 2013 (the Cosmicflows-2 paper)-- https://www.legacysurvey.org/viewer-dev/jpeg-cutout?ra=80.894167&dec=-69.756111&layer=ls-dr11-early-v2&pixscale=120&width=500&height=500 <img width="500" height="500" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5b220d45-2db2-4b3a-aaed-a3d1a6adce75" /> Similarly, here's the SMC based on the LVD coordinates-- https://www.legacysurvey.org/viewer-dev/jpeg-cutout?ra=16.25&dec=-72.42&layer=ls-dr11-early-v2&pixscale=60&width=500&height=500 <img width="500" height="500" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4d6b4cde-1c54-495c-85be-9aa53dff7f35" /> And based on the coordindates in NED (from [this paper](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015MNRAS.446..943V/abstract)): https://www.legacysurvey.org/viewer-dev/jpeg-cutout?ra=13.186667&dec=-72.828611&layer=ls-dr11-early-v2&pixscale=60&width=500&height=500 <img width="500" height="500" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/35fb60e2-e253-454e-93b2-df1a8440711e" /> FWIW, in the SGA I'm planning to adopt the NED positions (recognizing your comment, [here](https://github.com/apace7/local_volume_database/blob/main/data_input/lmc.yaml#L24)).
Here is a visualization of the center of the LMC in the
v1.0.5version of the database--https://www.legacysurvey.org/viewer-dev/jpeg-cutout?ra=78.76&dec=-69.19&layer=ls-dr11-early-v2&pixscale=120&width=500&height=500
And here's the NED center, which comes from Tully et al. 2013 (the Cosmicflows-2 paper)--
https://www.legacysurvey.org/viewer-dev/jpeg-cutout?ra=80.894167&dec=-69.756111&layer=ls-dr11-early-v2&pixscale=120&width=500&height=500
Similarly, here's the SMC based on the LVD coordinates--
https://www.legacysurvey.org/viewer-dev/jpeg-cutout?ra=16.25&dec=-72.42&layer=ls-dr11-early-v2&pixscale=60&width=500&height=500
And based on the coordindates in NED (from this paper):
https://www.legacysurvey.org/viewer-dev/jpeg-cutout?ra=13.186667&dec=-72.828611&layer=ls-dr11-early-v2&pixscale=60&width=500&height=500
FWIW, in the SGA I'm planning to adopt the NED positions (recognizing your comment, here).