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Small Magellanic Cloud
(SMC)
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Small Magellanic Cloudis a part of Tucana2001-09-27 09:31:12.0
is a part of Local Group2001-09-27 09:31:12.0
has declination -72d49m43shas source: NED, 2001-09-27 09:31:12.0
has right ascension 00h52m44.8shas source: NED, 2001-09-27 09:31:12.0
has NED datahas URL: http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=SMC&extend=yes&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES, 2001-09-27 09:31:12.0
has magnitude 2.7has source: NED, 2001-09-27 09:31:12.0
has distance from galaxy center 60 kpc2001-09-27 09:31:12.0
has diameter 320 × 185 arcminuteshas source: NED, 2001-09-27 09:31:12.0
has acronym SMC2001-09-27 09:31:12.0
orbits Milky Way2001-09-27 09:31:12.0
has mass 1 billion solar masses2001-09-27 09:31:12.0
has definition The second largest, and the second nearest, of the galaxies that orbit the Milky Way. It lies in the southern sky, 190000 light-years away.has source: Croswell, K. 1995 The Alchemy of the Heavens, Anchor Books, 2001-09-27 09:31:12.0
is an instance of Magellanic Cloudhas source: Croswell, K. 1995 The Alchemy of the Heavens, Anchor Books, 2001-09-27 09:31:12.0
galaxyhas number of stars 106 to 10122001-09-27 09:31:09.0
has catalog galaxy catalog2001-09-27 09:31:09.0
physical objecthas location or center of gravity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has angular momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has velocity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has temperature2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has volume2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has extent2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has material2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
celestial bodyhas spectra2001-09-27 09:30:09.0

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