ESO 56- G 115
E481641
ESO 56- G 115 is a catalog designation for the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby irregular dwarf galaxy and one of the Milky Way’s closest satellite galaxies.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
galaxy
ⓘ
irregular dwarf galaxy ⓘ satellite galaxy ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
LMC
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Large Magellanic Cloud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestSeenFrom | Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogDesignation | ESO 56- G 115 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
30 Doradus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
H II regions ⓘ Tarantula Nebula NERFINISHED ⓘ massive young star-forming regions ⓘ super star clusters ⓘ supernova remnants ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | European explorers before 16th century (visible to naked eye) ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 160000 light-years
ⓘ
about 50 kiloparsecs ⓘ |
| hasAngularSize | about 10 degrees ⓘ |
| hasApparentMagnitudeV | about 0.9 ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedStructure |
Magellanic Bridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Magellanic Stream NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBar | yes ⓘ |
| hasCompanionGalaxy | Small Magellanic Cloud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGasRichContent | yes ⓘ |
| hasNeutralHydrogenEnvelope | yes ⓘ |
| hasStarFormationRate | elevated compared to Milky Way average ⓘ |
| hasStellarMass | on the order of 10^9 solar masses ⓘ |
| interactsGravitationallyWith |
Milky Way
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Small Magellanic Cloud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isVisibleToNakedEye | yes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
constellation Dorado
ⓘ
southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| memberOf | Local Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metallicity | sub-solar ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | Magellanic irregular ⓘ |
| orbits | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| satelliteOf | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
calibrator for distance scale
ⓘ
laboratory for studying star formation ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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