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black Magellanic cloud — black Magellanic cloud, Astronomy. the Coalsack … Useful english dictionary
Magellanic spiral — galaxies are galaxies which are classified as the type Sm (and SAm , SBm , SABm). They are galaxies with one spiral arm, and are named after their prototype, the Large Magellanic Cloud, an SBm galaxy. Contents 1 Magellanic spirals 2 Grades 3 List … Wikipedia
Black hole — For other uses, see Black hole (disambiguation). Simulated view of a black hole (center) in front of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Note the gravitat … Wikipedia
dark cloud — Synonyms and related words: Black Magellanic Cloud, Crab Nebula, angry clouds, black cat, black clouds, bright diffuse nebula, broken mirror, coalsack, dark nebula, diffuse nebula, dust cloud, gaseous nebula, gathering clouds, halcyon bird,… … Moby Thesaurus
cloud — Ao; ōpua (banks, billows). See pua a3. Ao is often followed by epithets, as ao akua (godly); ao ho opehupehu (billowy); aokū (rain); ao loa (long, high, status; fig., distinguished); ao ōnohi (with rainbow colors); ao ōpiopio (white); ao… … English-Hawaiian dictionary
Coalsack Nebula — The Coalsack Nebula Observation data (Epoch J2000.0) Type Dark … Wikipedia
nebula — Synonyms and related words: Black Magellanic Cloud, Crab Nebula, Gegenschein, bright diffuse nebula, coalsack, counterglow, dark cloud, dark nebula, diffuse nebula, dust cloud, gaseous nebula, nebula of Lyra, nebular hypothesis, nebulosity,… … Moby Thesaurus
Coalsack — Coal sack , n. [Coal + 2d sack.] (Astron.) Any one of the spaces in the Milky Way which are very black, owing to the nearly complete absence of stars; esp., the large space near the Southern Cross sometimes called the {Black Magellanic Cloud}.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
galaxy — /gal euhk see/, n., pl. galaxies. 1. Astron. a. a large system of stars held together by mutual gravitation and isolated from similar systems by vast regions of space. b. (usually cap.) See Milky Way. 2. any large and brilliant or impressive… … Universalium
Milky Way — This article is about the galaxy. For other uses, see Milky Way (disambiguation). Milky Way galaxy Image of the Milky Way s Galactic Center in the night sky above Paranal Observatory Observation data … Wikipedia
