Thread: LMC Suprise!
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Old 29-04-2005, 10:01 PM
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Lightbulb LMC Suprise!

My impression of the LMC has been changed forever!!

I am so used to seeing the Large Magellanic Cloud all my life as a Blobby Galaxy (technical term is actually 'Irregular Galaxy').

I was truly amazed to find out it is actually a very shoddy Spiral!

For those of you with 'Australian Sky and Telescope' May Edition have a look on page 13 at the Radio Telescope image of the LMC.

In Radio images it shows a definite Pinwheel Structure!

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!

<i>p.s. I would've submitted the pic I am talking about but can't coz of copyright.</i>
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