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	Magellanic Cloud
		The Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud, are conspicuous objects in the southern hemisphere.
		The Large Magellanic Cloud, in the constellations of Dorado and Mensa, at its distance of 179,000 light years, is the second nearest external galaxy.
		Prominent SMC objects are the globular cluster, NGC 121, the foreground globular 47 Tucanae (NGC 104).
	www.geocities.com /amigarana/Magellanic.html (722 words)

	The Small Magellanic Cloud, SMC
		Irregular Galaxy SMC, the Small Magellanic Cloud (NGC 292) in Tucana
		Like its larger apparent neighbor, the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Small Magellanic Cloud was certainly known to the ancient southerners, and was probably mentioned by Amerigo Vespucci in a letter written during his third voyage about 1503-4, but became known to us only when Magellan went on his journey around the world, in 1519.
		The main body of the Small Magellanic Cloud has been assigned NGC 292 in Dreyer's catalog, which is now sometimes used for this galaxy.
	www.seds.org /messier/xtra/ngc/smc.html (448 words)

	Small Magellanic Cloud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some speculate that the SMC was once a barred spiral galaxy that was disrupted by the Milky Way to become somewhat irregular.
		It forms a pair with the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), which is positioned a further 20 degrees to the east.
		The Small Magellanic Cloud is a member of the Local Group.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Small_Magellanic_Cloud (269 words)

	The Magellanic Clouds
		Near the Small Cloud, what looks like a bright star is in fact the brilliant nearby globular cluster 47 Tucanae.
		It was from observations in the Magellanic Clouds that Henrietta Leavitt discovered (1912) the relation between pulsation period and average luminosity for Cepheid variable stars.
		The Large Cloud was one of the favored locations to watch for gravitational lensing by dark stellar objects in the halo of our galaxy, by the MACHO collaboration (using the Great Melbourne Telecope, since destroyed by a bush fire).
	www.astr.ua.edu /gifimages/lmc_smc.html (1008 words)

	The Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC
		The Large Magellanic Cloud, together with its apparent neighbor and relative, the Small Magellanic Cloud, are conspicuous objects in the southern hemisphere, looking like separated pieces of the Milky Way for the naked eye.
		The Large Magellanic Cloud, at its distance of 179,000 light years, was longly considered the nearest external galaxy, until in 1994, the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy was discovered at only about 80,000 light years.
		On February 24, 1987, supernova 1987A occurred in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which was the nearest observed supernova since Keplers, which occured before the invention of the telescope.
	www.seds.org /messier/xtra/ngc/lmc.html (393 words)

	Vogelstrausskluft \| Small Magellanic Cloud
		Like its sister, the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Small Magellanic Cloud as well is a galaxy, the second closest to our earth.
		The reason for the fusion of the two galaxies and the deformation of the object could be a collision with the Large Magellanic Cloud in the past and the neighbourhood to our much larger Milky Way.
		An indication for that assumption is the Magellanic Stream, a stream of gas caused by gravitation forces, that connects these three galaxies.
	www.vogelstrausskluft.com /sterne/sterne_kmw_e.php (169 words)

	ScienceDaily: Magellanic Gemstones In The Southern Sky
		The Small Magellanic Cloud, which hosts the two star clusters, is the smaller of the two companion dwarf galaxies of the Milky Way named after the Portuguese seafarer Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521).
		Both the Small and the Large Magellanic Clouds are rich in gas nebulae and star clusters.
		Magellanic Clouds -- The two Magellanic Clouds are irregular dwarf galaxies orbiting our Milky Way galaxy, and thus are members of our Local Group of...
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2006/04/060419082559.htm (1412 words)

	Leavitt Note
		Fifty-nine of the variables in the Small Magellanic Cloud were measured in 1904, using a provisional scale of magnitudes, and the periods of seventeen of them were published in H.A. 60, No. 4, Table VI.
		The faintness of the variables in the Magellanic Clouds seems to preclude the study of their spectra, with our present facilities.
		It is hoped that a systematic study of the light changes of all the variables, nearly two thousand in number, in the two Magellanic Clouds may soon be undertaken at this Observatory.
	www.physics.ucla.edu /~cwp/articles/leavitt/leavitt.note.html (768 words)

	The Small Magellanic Cloud (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is the second nearest galaxy to the Milky Way, (the LMC being the nearest) and is at the distance of about 240,000 light years, quite close enough for it to be resolved into individual stars on this colour picture made from plates taken on the UK Schmidt Telescope.
		The shape of the SMC defies description and it is therefore classified as an 'irregular' galaxy.
		Since the SMC is the least massive of the three it is the most likely member of this interacting trio to be seriously distorted by the encounter.
	www.aao.gov.au /images/captions/uks017.html (209 words)

	The Small Magellanic Cloud (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This is an image of a region near the core of the Small Magellanic Cloud, or SMC.
		The SMC is gravitationally bound to our galaxy, and is part of the Local Group that includes the Andromeda Galaxy, M33, M110, M32, and the LMC.
		The SMC was discovered by Portuguese seamen who sailed into the southern hemisphere in the 15th century, and was named in honor of Ferdinand Magellan.
	members.cox.net /~sidleach/SMC_090405.htm (207 words)

	Cornell News: Magellanic Stream
		The Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud are the Milky Way galaxy's closest galactic neighbors.
		Using the radio telescope at Arecibo, astronomers have made rare, direct observations of the Magellanic Stream, which dips into the Galactic Halo, a thin veil of gas surrounding the Milky Way that is visible only through the radio spectrum.
		The Small Magellanic Cloud is at second magnitude, which is dim but bright enough to see in a dark sky.
	www.news.cornell.edu /releases/jan02/magellanicstream.bpf.html (485 words)

	Multiwavelength Small Magellanic Cloud - Irregular Galaxy
		Both of these galaxies are named in honor of the explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who noted their presence in becoming the first to sail around the world nearly 500 years ago.
		The Magellanic Clouds and the Milky Way are members of the Local Group, a collection of about 30 galaxies loosely bound by their mutual gravitation.
		The image was taken with a small infrared telescope aboard the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX), a military satellite that orbited the Earth in 1996-1997.
	coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu /cosmic_classroom/multiwavelength_astronomy/multiwavelength_museum/smc.html (908 words)

	Small Magellanic Cloud (Star Fleet Universe) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Small Magellanic Cloud is relevant to the wider Star Fleet Universe not merely due to its own unique attributes, but also to its importance before, during and after the Andromedan War.
		The SMC is home to a number of starfaring races, which developed similar propulsion technologies to those of the Milky Way Galaxy, but created a number of unique technologies, such as the use of warp-tuned lasers, distortion generators and a multi-layer shielding system.
		However, the Magellanic races were conquered by the Andromedans as part of their eventual plans to conquer the Milky Way Galaxy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Small_Magellanic_Cloud_(Star_Fleet_Universe) (623 words)

	NASA - Galactic Building Blocks
		A satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is a wonder of the southern sky, a mere 210,000 light-years distant in the constellation Tucana.
		Still collapsing within their clouds, the stellar infants' light is reddened by the intervening dust.
		Small galaxies like the SMC -- and the stellar nurseries within them -- are thought to be building blocks for the larger galaxies present today.
	www.nasa.gov /multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_258b.html (136 words)

	Magellanic Clouds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Europe, it was the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan that first observed the clouds during the circumnavigation in 1519-1522, as reported by Antonio Pigafetta.
		The Large Magellanic Cloud and its neighbour and relative, the Small Magellanic Cloud, are conspicuous objects in the southern hemisphere, looking like separated pieces of the Milky Way to the naked eye.
		The Large Magellanic Cloud was host galaxy to a Supernova (SN 1987A), the brightest observed in over three centuries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magellanic_Clouds (433 words)

	APOD: 2005 June 17 - The Small Cloud of Magellan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ferdinand Magellan and his crew had plenty of time to study the southern sky during the first circumnavigation of planet Earth.
		As a result, two celestial wonders easily visible for southern hemisphere skygazers are known as the Clouds of Magellan.
		About 210,000 light-years distant in the constellation Tucana, it is the fourth closest of the Milky Way's known satellite galaxies, after the Canis Major and Sagittarius Dwarf galaxies and the Large Magellanic Cloud.
	antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap050617.html (185 words)

	Young supernova remnants not dusty enough, according to UC Berkeley astronomers
		The discrepancy presents a challenge to scientists trying to understand the origins of stars in the early universe, because dust produced primarily from exploding stars is believed to seed the formation of new-generation stars.
		Because supernovae in the Small Magellanic Cloud experience conditions similar to those we expect for early galaxies, this is a unique test of dust formation in the early universe."
		Because of this, however, "the dust content and the abundance of heavy elements in the Small Magellanic Cloud are much lower than in our galaxy," she said, "while the interstellar radiation field from stars is more intense than in the Milky Way galaxy.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2006-06/uoc--ysr060506.php (1011 words)

	Small Magellanic Cloud (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Small Magellanic Cloud, or SMC, is one of two small irregularly shaped satellite galaxies of our own Milky Way Galaxy.
		This picture shows the SMC in a pseudo-color image, with a contour plot added to show better definition of the structure.
		It's close proximity to the Milky Way (about 150 thousand light years) makes the Small Magellanic Cloud a prime object for detailed studies of the properties of external galaxies.
	www.ipac.caltech.edu /Outreach/Gallery/IRAS/pseudo.html (85 words)

	Small Magellanic Cloud
		The lesser of the two Magellanic Clouds – irregular galaxies that are satellites of our own Milky Way Galaxy.
		The SMC is about 10,000 light-years in diameter, has a visible mass of about one-fiftieth that of the Milky Way, and, at a distance of some 210,000 light-years, is the third-nearest external galaxy after the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).
		The SMC is important historically as the location in which Henrietta Leavitt discovered the period-luminosity relation of Cepheid variables.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/S/SMC.html (204 words)

	The Small Cloud of Magellan
		Explanation: Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan and his crew had plenty of time to study the southern sky during the first circumnavigation of planet Earth.
		These cosmic clouds are now understood to be dwarf irregular galaxies, satellites of our larger spiral Milky Way Galaxy.
		About 210,000 light-years distant in the constellation Tucana, it is the forth closest of the Milky Way's known satellite galaxies, after the Canis Major and Sagittarius Dwarf galaxies and the Large Magellanic Cloud.
	www.astronet.ru /db/xware/msg/1206333 (166 words)

	GPN-2000-000951 - N81 in the Small Magellanic Cloud
		A NASA Hubble Space Telescope "family portrait" of young, ultra-bright stars nested in their embryonic cloud of glowing gases.
		The celestial maternity ward, called N81, is located 200,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a small irregular satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.
		Just above them, a small dark knot is all that is left of the cold cloud of molecular hydrogen and dust the stars were born from.
	grin.hq.nasa.gov /ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-000951.html (308 words)

	MAGELLANIC CLOUDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Magellanic Clouds (left) are two mini-galaxies orbiting our own Milky Way galaxy.
		Because they lie in Earth's southern skies, they were unknown to European astronomers until recorded by Ferdinand Magellan's flotilla that circled the globe in 1520-21.
		The Large Magellanic Cloud - where SGR 0526-66 is believed to reside - is 163,000 to 196,000 light years away; the Small Magellanic Cloud is 196,000 to 228,000 light years away.
	www.il-st-acad-sci.org /planets/magellanicclouds.html (189 words)

	SPACE.com -- Lighting Up the Small Magellanic Cloud (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The image, which was made possible by new pictures from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, and ground-based telescopes, shows a relatively young remnant as it appeared just 1,000 years after it's parent star annihilated itself in a tremendous explosion.
		The supernova remnant, known as E 0102-72, is about 190,000 light-years from Earth in a neighboring galaxy called the Small Magellanic Cloud.
		The "cloud" is the third-nearest galaxy to the Milky Way, and is in the constellation Tucana, visible in the Southern Hemisphere.
	www.space.com /scienceastronomy/astronomy/chandra_image_000414.html (529 words)

	ScienceDaily: Hubble Yields Direct Proof Of Stellar Sorting In A Globular Cluster
		Although the density of stars is very small at the outskirts of such clusters, near the centre it can be more than 10,000 times higher than in the local vicinity of our Sun.
		Extremely small position changes could be measured over time by carefully measuring the positions of as many as 130,000 stars in every one of these “snapshots”, revealing the motions of the stars across the sky.
		Magellanic Gemstones In The Southern Sky (April 19, 2006) -- Hubble has captured the most detailed images to date of the open star clusters NGC 265 and NGC 290 in the Small Magellanic Cloud -- two sparkling sets of gemstones in the southern sky.
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2006/10/061025075925.htm (2185 words)

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