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Daniel Pomarède Apr 18

NOIRLab image of the week

The Small Magellanic Cloud from Cerro Pachón

Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2615a/

#NOIRLab #SmallMagellanicCloud #Astronomy #Astrodon #Cerropachon

Daniel Fischer Mar 17

A Galactic Transformation - Understanding the SMC’s Structural and Kinematic Disequilibrium: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae4507 -> A galaxy next door is transforming, and astronomers can see it happening: https://news.arizona.edu/news/galaxy-next-door-transforming-and-astronomers-can-see-it-happening #SmallMagellanicCloud

A Galactic Transformation—Understanding the SMC’s Structural and Kinematic Disequilibrium

A Galactic Transformation—Understanding the SMC’s Structural and Kinematic Disequilibrium, Rathore, Himansh, Besla, Gurtina, van der Marel, Roeland P., Kallivayalil, Nitya

Daniel Pomarède Feb 4

Cosmography archives

On Two Distribution Maps of the Nebulæ and Clusters in Dr. Dreyer's Catalogue of 1888.

by Sidney Waters (1894)

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1894MNRAS..54..526W/abstract

#Cosmology #Cosmography #nebulae #galaxies #nebula #Nebulæ #CosmographyArchives #SidneyWaters #science #astronomy #astrodon #MilkyWay #Galaxy #LargeMagellanicCloud #SmallMagellanicCloud #science #history #Historyofscience #map #maps #heavens #chart #charts #cartography

Daniel Fischer May 16, 2025

Dual Directional Expansion of Classical Cepheids in the #SmallMagellanicCloud Revealed by Gaia Data Release 3: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/adce0b -> Stretched in a cross pattern, our neighboring galaxy is pulled in two axes: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1083448 - new evidence supports the Small Magellanic Cloud’s ‘tearing phenomenon’.

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Daniel Fischer Apr 13, 2025

Evidence of Galactic Interaction in the #SmallMagellanicCloud Probed by Gaia-selected Massive Star Candidates: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/adb8de -> Research suggests our closest neighboring galaxy may be being torn apart: https://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/researchinfo/result-en/2025/04/20250411-01.html

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Universe Today Feb 21, 2025

Fluffy Molecular Clouds Formed Stars in the Early Universe

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.universetoday.com/171024/fluffy-molecular-clouds-formed-stars-in-the-early-universe/

Fluffy Molecular Clouds Formed Stars in the Early Universe

Did stars form differently in the early Universe? Astronomers observed the low-metallicity Small Magellanic Cloud for clues.

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Paul Knightly Jan 22, 2025

The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are two dwarf galaxies that orbit the Milky Way. At approximately 163,000 and 206,000 light years away, respectively, they're only visible in the Southern Hemisphere and are a treat for eyes accustomed to the night skies of the Northern Hemisphere. I captured this single exposure photo of the pair while visiting Patagonian Argentina in January 2020. The mountain rising in the foreground is illuminated by the nearby lights of El Chaltén, which sits at the gateway to a near pristine wilderness in the foothills of the Andes Mountains and the Southern Patagonian Ice Field.

#magellanicclouds #largemagellaniccloud #smallmagellaniccloud #space #astronomy #stars #astrophotography #patagonia #argentina

Good News Community Dec 27, 2024

Chandra and Webb, powerful space telescopes, captured a breathtaking image of NGC 602, a cosmic wreath. Webb’s data reveals the wreath’s ring-like outline, while Chandra’s X-ray images illuminate it with the light of young, massive stars.
NGC 602, located on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, is about 200,000 light-years away.

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#SpaceTelescopes #NGC602 #ChandraXray #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #SmallMagellanicCloud #MilkyWay #Astronomy #GoodNews
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/chandra-and-webb-spy-a-cosmic-wreath/