Magellanic Clouds: Interstellar Phenomena

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2612. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxies, Individual Galaxies

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The LARGE and SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUDS are two naked-eye IRREGULAR GALAXIES in the southern sky. Extending over ˜7°×7°, the Large Magellanic Cloud has a prominent stellar bar superposed on a disk, which is tilted by about 40° with respect to the sky. The Small Magellanic Cloud, ˜4°×3°, has a bar-like structure, with its long axis stretched along the line of sight. The Large and Small Magellanic ...

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