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The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. It and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) are visible from the Southern Hemisphere, and were named in honor of Ferdinand Magellan, whose crew sailing around the world were the first Europeans to see them.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoThey not satellite galaxies.
The LMC (Large Magellanic Cloud) was once believed to be a satellite galaxy, but observations have shown that it is a separate galaxy. An Irregular one.
The SMC (Small Magellanic Cloud) is a dwarf galaxy. It was a spiral galaxy but got disturbed by the Milky Way to become somewhat irregular.
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∙ 14y agoThe Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud are two satellite galaxies which orbit our own galaxy, the Milky Way. While there are undoubtedly a great many differences between them, we haven't explored them in any detail, since they are very far away. Suffice to say, they are two different collections of stars.
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∙ 12y agoThe Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is classed as an irregular galaxy and thus does not have any defined shape.
It was once a barred spiral galaxy but has since been disrupted by the Milky Way.
See related link for a pictorial so you can make your own mind up.
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∙ 14y agoIt is referred to as an asymmetrical galaxy, the term for one that is warped or skewed, usually by the gravitational effects of other galaxies.
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∙ 12y agoNot "a"; it is "the" Small Magellanic Cloud. It is a small galaxy, a satellite of our Milky Way. It can be seen with the naked eye, if you live in the southern hemisphere.
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∙ 13y agoThe two Magellanic Clouds (Large and small) are dwarf galaxies of our local group.
Both are irregular galaxies.
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∙ 10y agoIrregular dwarf galaxies.
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∙ 12y agoasymmetrical
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