The Magellanic Stream

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Oct 1977

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Sterne und Weltraum, vol. 16, Oct. 1977, p. 328-330. In German.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Hydrogen Clouds, Interstellar Gas, Magellanic Clouds, Radial Velocity, Astronomical Models, Interstellar Space, Radio Astronomy

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Mathewson et al. (1974) have discovered a long hydrogen gas filament during their study of neutral hydrogen conducted with the aid of an 18-m radio telescope. This filament has an extension of almost 180 deg in a great circle and begins in the vicinity of the two Magellanic Clouds. It is estimated that the total mass of neutral hydrogen gas contained in this filament, which is called the Magellanic Stream, is about a billion solar masses. One half of the hydrogen is located between the Large and the Small Magellanic Cloud. Attention is given to two theories concerning the origin of the Magellanic Stream, the relative motion of the Stream with respect to the Galaxy, and possible gravitational effects of the Galaxy on the Magellanic Clouds.

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