Newest observations
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Eura, Light pillars
II
3.2.2023 at 21.27 -
Kuusamo, Käylä, Active aurora band
III
3.2.2023 at 19.24 -
Lapua, Several bright halo forms
III
3.2.2023 at 15.44 -
Kurikka, Several bright halo forms
III
3.2.2023 at 14.39 -
Kittilä, Sirkka, Fogbow
IV
3.2.2023 at 12.05 -
Espoo, One halo form
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3.2.2023 at 10.15 -
Kokemäki, Several halo forms
II
3.2.2023 at 07.30 -
Raisio, Cloudbow visible from the ground
II
2.2.2023 at 11.25 -
Kuusamo, Rukatunturi, Light pillars
II
2.2.2023 at 07.32 -
Rauma, One halo form
I
1.2.2023 at 20.53 -
Pori, Lunar corona
IV
1.2.2023 at 19.59 -
Ulvila, Moon
V
1.2.2023 at 19.23
Contact information
Visibility IV / V
Juha Ojanperä, Porin Karhunvartijat
The Big Magellanic Cloud, catalog number PGC 17223, is one of our Milky Way's most famous dwarf neighbors, the Magellanic Clouds.
The large Magellan cloud appears in the sky as an elongated, hazy "cloud" with a visual size of about 8 x 2 degrees in the sky. The large cloud of Magellan is dominated by a rod-like structure running through the galaxy, giving the galaxy its elongated shape. In addition to the rod, an area of the Tarantula Nebula is visible to the naked eye from the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is visible as the east end of the galaxy. The brightness and essence of the Big Magellanic Cloud roughly corresponds to the average brightness and essence of the Milky Way.
The large cloud of Magellan is considered a failed rod spiral galaxy disrupted by the gravity of the Milky Way. In addition to the rod, short and poorly developed beginnings of spiral branches can also be seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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