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- proper noun astronomy An irregular
galaxy , a satellite ofMilky Way .
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The image shows the main body of the Small Magellanic Cloud, which is comprised of the
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It is called SNR 0104-72.3 SNR 0104 for short, and is in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a small neighboring galaxy to the Milky Way.
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I would think the resolution of current x-ray telescopes should allow for characterization of SNRs in M 31 and the Small Magellanic Cloud as well as M 33 and the LMC.
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Image 2: Wide field image, based on data from Digitized Sky Survey 2, around the star-forming region NGC 346, inside the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy.
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Today ESO has released a dramatic new image of NGC 346, the brightest star-forming region in our neighboring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, 210 000 light-years away towards the constellation of Tucana (the Toucan).
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The gas was probably stripped from the Small Magellanic Cloud by its larger neighbour's gravity, providing fuel for star formation.
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The gas was probably stripped from the Small Magellanic Cloud by its larger neighbour's gravity, providing fuel for star formation.
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Image 1: NGC 346, the brightest star-forming region in the neighboring Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy, some 210 000 light-years away from Earth.
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NGC 346 is in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy some 210 000 light-years away from Earth and in close proximity to our home, the much larger Milky Way Galaxy.
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Like its sister the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Small Magellanic Cloud is visible with the unaided eye from the southern hemisphere and has served as an extragalactic laboratory for astronomers studying the dynamics of star formation.
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