Quote:
Originally Posted by Martin Pugh
Nice one. Certainly not seen the tidal streams around the LMC before.
is that well known??
cheers
Martin
|
These tidal streams have been quite extensively studied in the past decade. These fainter regions are thought to be remnants of past interactions between the two dwarf galaxies.
There is a tidal bridge of neutral hydrogen that connects the LMC and SMC, very little is known about this one however and it has only been very recently that a faint magnetic bridge has been found to extend along this bridge. If it wasn't raining so much down in Melbourne I do want to give a crack at trying to detect the bridge with a Sigma Art 85mm and two panels with a QHY163M.
At this stage, going to have to wait until next new moon
Very nice job though Andrew
