ESO 029- G 011

E114713

dwarf irregular galaxy galaxy satellite galaxy of the Milky Way

ESO 029- G 011 is a catalog designation for the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf irregular galaxy and one of the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbors.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
ESO 029- G 011 canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dwarf irregular galaxy ⓘ galaxy ⓘ satellite galaxy of the Milky Way ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	SMC ⓘ Small Magellanic Cloud ⓘ
belongsToCatalog	ESO/Uppsala Survey of the ESO(B) Atlas ⓘ
catalogDesignation	ESO 029- G 011 self-link ⓘ
connectedTo	Magellanic Bridge ⓘ Magellanic Stream ⓘ
contains	Cepheid variable stars ⓘ H II regions ⓘ RR Lyrae variable stars ⓘ globular clusters ⓘ old stellar populations ⓘ planetary nebulae ⓘ star clusters ⓘ star-forming regions ⓘ supernova remnants ⓘ young stellar populations ⓘ
discoveryStatus	known since antiquity ⓘ
distanceFromEarth	about 200000 light-years ⓘ about 61 kiloparsecs ⓘ
distanceFromMilkyWay	about 200000 light-years ⓘ
galaxyType	dwarf irregular ⓘ
gasContent	rich in neutral hydrogen (H I) ⓘ
hasAngularSize	about 5 degrees ⓘ
hasApparentMagnitudeV	about 2.7 ⓘ
hasNotableRegion	Bar of the Small Magellanic Cloud ⓘ Small Magellanic Cloud ⓘ surface form: Wing of the Small Magellanic Cloud
hasRoleIn	calibration of the cosmic distance scale ⓘ studies of stellar evolution ⓘ
hasStarFormationActivity	ongoing ⓘ
hasStarFormationRate	lower than that of the Milky Way but significant for a dwarf galaxy ⓘ
interactsGravitationallyWith	Large Magellanic Cloud ⓘ Milky Way ⓘ
isNeighborOf	Large Magellanic Cloud ⓘ
isSatelliteOf	Milky Way ⓘ
locatedInConstellation	Tucana ⓘ
mass	on the order of 7×10^8 solar masses (stellar) ⓘ
memberOf	Local Group ⓘ
metallicity	lower than that of the Milky Way ⓘ
morphologicalType	Im ⓘ
observedBy	ESO La Silla Paranal Observatory ⓘ surface form: ESO telescopes Gaia observatory ⓘ surface form: Gaia spacecraft Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
partOfStructure	Magellanic Clouds ⓘ surface form: Magellanic System
skyPosition	southern sky ⓘ
visibleFrom	Southern Hemisphere ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Small Magellanic Cloud → catalogCode → ESO 029- G 011 ⓘ

ESO 029- G 011 → catalogDesignation → ESO 029- G 011 self-link ⓘ