Magellanic Stream

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke2613m&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2613. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxies, Individual Galaxies

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The Magellanic Stream (MS), which covers an arc of more than 90° across the sky, is a thin band of neutral hydrogen (H I). It is basically continuous, although there are at least six separate regions within the stream where the particle density is visibly enhanced. One end of the MS appears to be connected with the LARGE and SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUDS, with the other end trailing away from them (...

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