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Magellanic Clouds

/ măj′ə-lănĭk /

  1. 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.


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They are known as the Magellanic Clouds, having been called after the navigator Magellan.

But the Magellanic Clouds show us very clearly that all these calculations are entirely baseless.

Magellanic Clouds, two masses of stars and nebulæ seen in the southern hemisphere, not far from the South Pole.

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Magellanic cloudMagellan, Strait of