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SW Bar 3 - Star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud - JWST Space Telescope ❔
#astronomy #esa #jwst #nasa #smallmagellaniccloud #space #starformation #swbar3
▶️ 1 new picture from Individuals (Flickr) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SW_Bar_3_-_Star-forming_region_in_the_Small_Magellanic_Cloud_-_JWST_Space_Telescope_%2855344110560%29.png
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SW Bar 3 - Star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud - JWST Space Telescope ❔
#astronomy #esa #jwst #nasa #smallmagellaniccloud #space #starformation #swbar3
▶️ 1 new picture from Individuals (Flickr) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SW_Bar_3_-_Star-forming_region_in_the_Small_Magellanic_Cloud_-_JWST_Space_Telescope_%2855344110560%29.png
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The VMC survey LV - The coherent expansion of the SMC: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/forth/aa59431-26.pdf -> Galactic Neighbour caught strongly disturbed and expanding: https://www.aip.de/en/news/smc-disturbed-and-expanding/ #SmallMagellanicCloud
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The VMC survey LV - The coherent expansion of the SMC: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/forth/aa59431-26.pdf -> Galactic Neighbour caught strongly disturbed and expanding: https://www.aip.de/en/news/smc-disturbed-and-expanding/ #SmallMagellanicCloud
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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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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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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Fluffy Molecular Clouds Formed Stars in the Early Universe
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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.#SpaceTelescopes #NGC602 #ChandraXray #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #SmallMagellanicCloud #MilkyWay #Astronomy #GoodNews
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/chandra-and-webb-spy-a-cosmic-wreath/ -
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.#SpaceTelescopes #NGC602 #ChandraXray #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #SmallMagellanicCloud #MilkyWay #Astronomy #GoodNews
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/chandra-and-webb-spy-a-cosmic-wreath/ -
Astronaut Takes Epic Photo of Two Satellite Galaxies From Onboard the ISS https://petapixel.com/2024/12/11/astronaut-takes-epic-photo-of-two-satellite-galaxies-from-onboard-the-iss-don-pettit/ #internationalspacestation #largemagellaniccloud #smallmagellaniccloud #barndoortracker #milkywaygalaxy #startracker #Spotlight #donpettit #startrail #galaxies #starlink #Space #NASA #iss
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Astronaut Takes Epic Photo of Two Satellite Galaxies From Onboard the ISS https://petapixel.com/2024/12/11/astronaut-takes-epic-photo-of-two-satellite-galaxies-from-onboard-the-iss-don-pettit/ #internationalspacestation #largemagellaniccloud #smallmagellaniccloud #barndoortracker #milkywaygalaxy #startracker #Spotlight #donpettit #startrail #galaxies #starlink #Space #NASA #iss
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A Galactic Eclipse - The #SmallMagellanicCloud is Forming Stars in Two, Superimposed Systems: https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.07750 -> Two Small Magellanic Clouds Are Better than One: https://aasnova.org/2024/01/30/two-small-magellanic-clouds-are-better-than-one/
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A Galactic Eclipse - The #SmallMagellanicCloud is Forming Stars in Two, Superimposed Systems: https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.07750 -> Two Small Magellanic Clouds Are Better than One: https://aasnova.org/2024/01/30/two-small-magellanic-clouds-are-better-than-one/
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This Whole Time Small Magellanic Cloud Was Actually Two Galaxies - YouTube
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This Whole Time Small Magellanic Cloud Was Actually Two Galaxies - YouTube
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Some mind-blowing, and stunning work in a new pre-print! 👀👀👀👀
If you go to a dark enough sky, you will, with your eyes, notice two bright clouds in the southern sky. These are the Magellanic Clouds (Large and Small) and they are the closest galaxies to our Milky Way (our Galaxy is trying to eat them up). They are only 160,000 - 200,000 light years from us.
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) has been a bit of a mystery in that astronomers have debated its shape.
Now, a new study - using Australia's radio interferometer ASKAP - has taken a real close look at the SMC, and found it might actually be not one - BUT TWO galactic systems lying along the line of sight.
Huge!
Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.07750
HT John Wu (Bluesky)
📸 ESO/S. Brunier
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Some mind-blowing, and stunning work in a new pre-print! 👀👀👀👀
If you go to a dark enough sky, you will, with your eyes, notice two bright clouds in the southern sky. These are the Magellanic Clouds (Large and Small) and they are the closest galaxies to our Milky Way (our Galaxy is trying to eat them up). They are only 160,000 - 200,000 light years from us.
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) has been a bit of a mystery in that astronomers have debated its shape.
Now, a new study - using Australia's radio interferometer ASKAP - has taken a real close look at the SMC, and found it might actually be not one - BUT TWO galactic systems lying along the line of sight.
Huge!
Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.07750
HT John Wu (Bluesky)
📸 ESO/S. Brunier
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It's #timelapse time again. Following on from the one I toot-ed a few days ago:
https://astrodon.social/@eamonn_kerins/109321533735342117
here's another I shot from the same telescope - the #DanishTelescope at #ESO #LaSilla #Observatory in #Chile. I'm inside observing. The #stars are rotating around the South Celestial Pole. To the right of the dome at the start you can see the #LargeMagellanicCloud and to the left near the end the #SmallMagellanicCloud. Both are satellite galaxies of the #MilkyWay.
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It's #timelapse time again. Following on from the one I toot-ed a few days ago:
https://astrodon.social/@eamonn_kerins/109321533735342117
here's another I shot from the same telescope - the #DanishTelescope at #ESO #LaSilla #Observatory in #Chile. I'm inside observing. The #stars are rotating around the South Celestial Pole. To the right of the dome at the start you can see the #LargeMagellanicCloud and to the left near the end the #SmallMagellanicCloud. Both are satellite galaxies of the #MilkyWay.