Small Magellanic Cloud

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Noun

Small Magellanic Cloud - the smaller of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphereMagellanic Cloud - either of two small galaxies orbiting the Milky Way; visible near the south celestial pole

Translations

piccola nube di Magellano

Small Magellanic Cloud

Small Magellanic Cloud:

see Magellanic CloudsMagellanic Clouds
, two dwarf galaxies located in the far southern sky and visible to the unaided eye; they are classified as irregular because they show no definite symmetry or nucleus.
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Small Magellanic Cloud

(maj-ĕ-lan -ik) (SMC; Nubecula Minor) See Magellanic Clouds.

Small Magellanic Cloud

[′smȯl ¦maj·ə¦lan·ik ′klau̇d] (astronomy) The smaller of the two star clouds near the south celestial pole; it is about 170,000 light-years away and contains a wide assortment of giant and variable stars, star clusters, and nebulae. Also known as Nubecula Minor.

AcronymsSeeSMC

Small Magellanic Cloud

Related to Small Magellanic Cloud: Large Magellanic Cloud

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Words related to Small Magellanic Cloud

noun the smaller of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere

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Magellanic Cloud

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