Magellanic Clouds

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Mag·el·lan·ic Clouds (m

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pl.n.

Two small, irregularly shaped galaxies that are the galaxies closest to the Milky Way and are faintly visible near the south celestial pole.

[After Ferdinand Magellan.]

Magellanic Clouds (m

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Two small, irregular dwarf galaxies that orbit the Milky Way. They are among the galaxies closest to the Milky Way and are faintly visible near the south celestial pole. See also irregular galaxy.

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Dorado galaxy Hydrus irregular galaxy Large Magellanic Cloud Magellanic Cloud Mensa nubecula Small Magellanic Cloud Tarantula nebula Tucana			A new analysis confirms previous indications that the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are not gravitationally bound to our galaxy but are instead speeding by, having come this way just 1 billion to 3 billon years ago. Motion of two nearby galaxies clouds the picture by Cowen, R. / Science News This same strategy of child-like lyricism that underscores a smiley-face unreality is also found in "The Magellanic Clouds," which concludes: Loving us, loving us, loving us, the Small Magellanic Cloud puzzles the astronomers because it seems to have no purpose. Merrily we roll along by Bergman, David / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide Visible to the naked eye, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are two of the Milky Way's closest companion galaxies. Fleet finding: speed of Milky Way's companions poses puzzle by Cowen, R. / Science News			Magazine dress Magazine gun magazine publisher magazine rack Magazine stove Magaziner Magazining Magazinist Magbote Magdala magdala red Magdalen Magdalena Magdalena Bay Magdalena River Magdalene Magdalenian Magdaleon Magdeburg Magdeburg centuries Magdeburg hemispheres mage Magellan Magellanic Magellanic Cloud Magellanic Clouds Magen David magenta magenta pink Magged maggie Maggiore maggot Maggot-pie Maggotiness Maggotish maggoty Magh Magha Magherafelt Maghet Maghreb Maghrebi Maghrib magi magian Magianism magic magic away magic bullet magic carpet			Mageborn Mageborn MAGEC Mageddo Mageddo Magee Womancare International Magee-Womens Research Institute MaGEF MAGEH Magel Magelang Magellan Magellan Magellan Data Provider Magellan Day Magellan galaxy Magellan galaxy Magellan Petroleum Australia Limited Magellan Petroleum Corporation Magellan Strait Magellan Straits Magellan, Ferdinand Magellan, Ferdinand Magellan, Strait Magellan, Strait of Magellan, Strait of Magellanic Magellanic Cloud Magellanic Cloud Magellanic Cloud Emission-Line Survey Magellanic Clouds Magellanic Stream Magellanic System Magellans Strait Magellen Magellen Magelonidae Magen Magen Magen David Magen David Magen David Adom Magen Davids Magen dovid Magen dovid Magendie Magendie's law Magendie, Francois Magendie, François Magenn Air Rotor System magenstrasse magenstrasse Magenstraße Magenta Magenta Magenta Magenta MAGENTA (cipher) MAGENTA (cipher) MAGENTA (cipher) Magenta (color)

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