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Where can you find the Magellanic clouds?
The Small Magellanic Cloud circles around the South Celestial Pole almost opposite the Southern Cross (Crux), so you can use Crux to find it. Just follow the long line of Crux from the brightest star at the foot (α Crucis) for about six lengths of the cross - you'll see the SMC as a patch of light nearby if you're in a dark enough area. Once you've found the SMC, look about one hand-span towards Crux, and you should see a larger bar-shaped patch of light - the Large Magellanic Clouds. Because they're so close to the South Celestial Pole, the Magellanic Clouds can only be seen from the southern hemisphere.
Clouds are classified by their shape and .?
Altitude
Are clouds are named by their shape color and density?
false
Clouds are named by their shape color and density.?
false
How does air movement affect the shape and texture of stratus clouds?
Stratus clouds are smooth layered clouds
What is the shape of the Magellanic clouds?
A+ Irregular
What is the distance to the Magellanic clouds?
There are two Magellanic clouds. Large Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud. Distance to Large Magellanic Cloud: 158,200 light years. Distance to Small Magellanic Cloud: 199,000 light years.
Is the magellanic clouds a galaxy?
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a galaxy, whereas the Small Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy.
What are the names of some irregular galaxies?
Canis Major Dwarf and Small Magellanic Cloud are irregular satellite galaxies of the Milky Way.The two irregular galaxies that orbit the Milky Way are the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.
What is a pair of irregular galaxies in the neighborhood of the milky way?
That sounds like the Magellanic Clouds. Two galaxies that are satellites of our galaxy, visible in the Southern Hemisphere. They may be confused with clouds, but they are always in the same part of the sky (including in the apparent rotation of the sky around the Earth, of course).
What ae the names of the Magellanic Clouds that neighbor the Milky Way galaxy?
Large and Small (LMC & SMC)
The clouds of Magellan the Sagittarius dwarf are examples of what galaxies?
The Large Magellanic cloud is an irregular galaxy.The Small Magellanic cloud is a dwarf galaxyThe Sagittarius Dwarf is an elliptical galaxy
What shape is a large magellanic cloud galaxy?
Small Magellanic cloud galaxies are shaped irregularly. They do not follow a regular form pattern when they are being created.
Which types of galixies have no specific shape or centralized point of gravitation?
Irregular Galaxies do not, such as the Small Magellanic Cloud
What is a Magallanic cloud?
The Magellanic clouds are two small galaxies visible in the night sky only from the Southern Hemisphere. Up until 1994 when an even closer one was discovered, they were the closest galaxies to our own galaxy, the Milky Way. The Magellanic clouds are believed to be in orbit around our galaxy.
Are the clouds of magellan two elliptical galaxies orbiting the milky way galaxy?
Elliptical? No. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are "dwarf" galaxies of "irregular" shape. Scientists have long believed that the SMC and LMC are "orbiting" the Milky Way, but recent analysis has cast some doubt on that; they may not actually be "orbiting".
Are the clouds of Magellan are two barred spiral galaxies?
The two Magellanic Clouds are irregular dwarf galaxies.
