ESAThis week's @esascience #IOTW shows the density and rotation of stars around a neighbour galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud – one of many treasures from @ESAGaia’s second data release. #GaiaDR2
Details: http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2018/04/Rotation_of_the_Large_Magellanic_Cloud2 https://twitter.com/esa/status/990882310873591808/photo/1 source: https://twitter.com/esa/status/990882310873591808
Details: http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2018/04/Rotation_of_the_Large_Magellanic_Cloud2 https://twitter.com/esa/status/990882310873591808/photo/1 source: https://twitter.com/esa/status/990882310873591808
Rotation of the Large Magellanic Cloud
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