Stars in the direction of the Magellanic Clouds

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Aug 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985esasp.234..137p&link_type=abstract

In ESA The European Astrometry Satellite HIPPARCOS: Scientific Aspects of the Input Catalog Preparation p 137-139 (SEE N86-1838

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Hipparcos Satellite, Magellanic Clouds, Stellar Motions, Galactic Structure, Milky Way Galaxy, Supergiant Stars

Scientific paper

The use of HIPPARCOS to estimate of systemic tangential motions of the Magellanic Clouds (MC) is discussed. In the most favorable case, it is possible to detect motions of 250 to 300 km/sec on the basis of a 2.5 yr mission. If obtained, these data would allow to correct the rotation of the LMC for its transverse motion, to assess possible two-body structure of the SMC, and to investigate the nature of the inter-Clouds bridge and the reality of a connection between the LMC and the Galaxy.

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