Large Magellanic Cloud
E20343
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a nearby irregular dwarf galaxy visible from the Southern Hemisphere and notable for its role in studies of galaxy formation, stellar evolution, and the cosmic distance scale.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical object
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galaxy → irregular dwarf galaxy → satellite galaxy → |
| abbreviation |
LMC
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| angularSize |
about 10 degrees across on the sky
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| apparentMagnitudeV |
about 0.9
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| associatedWith |
Magellanic Stream
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| bestSeenFrom |
southern mid-latitudes
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| connectedBy |
Magellanic Bridge to the Small Magellanic Cloud
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| constellation |
Dorado
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| contains |
30 Doradus
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SN 1987A → Tarantula Nebula → numerous H II regions → old globular clusters → young massive star clusters → |
| diameter |
about 14000 light-years
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| discovery |
known since antiquity to southern observers
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| distanceFromMilkyWay |
about 160000 light-years
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about 50 kiloparsecs → |
| galaxyType |
Magellanic irregular
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barred Magellanic spiral → |
| hasFeature |
Magellanic Bridge
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extended gaseous disk → prominent bar structure → warped disk → |
| interactsGravitationallyWith |
Milky Way
→
Small Magellanic Cloud → |
| locatedIn |
Local Group
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| mass |
on the order of 10^10 solar masses
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| metallicity |
lower than Milky Way average
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| name |
Large Magellanic Cloud
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| namedAfter |
Ferdinand Magellan
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| observedBy |
Gaia spacecraft
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Hubble Space Telescope → ground-based telescopes worldwide → |
| orbitalCompanionOf |
Small Magellanic Cloud
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| orbitalStatus |
possibly on first infall into the Milky Way halo
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| regionOfSky |
southern celestial hemisphere
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| satelliteOf |
Milky Way
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| starFormationRate |
relatively high for its size
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| stellarMass |
on the order of 10^9 solar masses
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| usedFor |
Cepheid period–luminosity relation calibration
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calibration of the cosmic distance scale → studies of galaxy formation → studies of stellar evolution → |
| visibleFrom |
Southern Hemisphere
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Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Small Magellanic Cloud
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connectedTo |
|
Magellanic Bridge
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connects |
|
Magellanic Clouds
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consistsOf |
|
Local Group
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contains |
|
Milky Way
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hasSatellite |
|
Small Magellanic Cloud
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interactsGravitationallyWith |
|
OGLE-IV survey
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monitorsRegion |
|
Large Magellanic Cloud
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name |