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Magellanic Clouds
The Magellanic Clouds (''Magellanic system'' or ''Nubeculae Magellani'') are two irregular dwarf galaxies in the southern celestial hemisphere. Orbiting the Milky Way galaxy, these satellite galaxies are members of the Local Group. Because both show signs of a bar structure, they are often reclassified as Magellanic spiral galaxies. The two galaxies are the following: * Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), about away * Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), about away The Magellanic Clouds are visible to the unaided eye from the Southern Hemisphere, but cannot be observed from the most northern latitudes. History They may be the objects mentioned by the polymath Ibn Qutaybah (d. 889 CE), in his book on ''Al-Anwā̵’'' (the stations of the Moon in pre-Islamic Arabian culture): وأسفل من سهيل قدما سهيل . وفى مجرى قدمى سهيل، من خلفهما كواكب زهر كبار، لا ترى بالعراق، يسميها أهل تهامة الأعبار And be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Magellanic Clouds ― Irregular Dwarf Galaxies
Magellanic may refer to: *Magellanic Steppe, 7th largest desert in the world, see Patagonian Desert *Magellanic Straits, a sea passageway at the tip of South America, see Strait of Magellan *Magellanic subpolar forests, an ecoregion of southernmost Chile and Argentina *Magellanic Premium, a major prize established in 1786 regarding navigation Astronomy *Magellanic Clouds, two major Milky Way neighbouring galaxies, matter streams, or systems related to them: **Large Magellanic Cloud, a major satellite galaxy to the Milky Way **Small Magellanic Cloud, a smaller major satellite galaxy to the Milky Way ***Mini Magellanic Cloud, a sub-satellite galaxy separating from the Small Magellanic Cloud **Magellanic Bridge, a neutral hydrogen stream with a few stars linking the two Magellanic Clouds, with a density of stars midway known as OGLE Island **Magellanic Stream, a neutral hydrogen gas halo and star envelope around the two Magellanic Clouds linking them to the Milky Way *Magellanic spiral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
