Talk:Magellanic Clouds

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So the Irregular Galaxy page says that the Megallanic clouds are actually a variant of barred spiral galaxies. So this is now an internal Wikipedia inconsistency.

But I'm not an expert in this field, so I'll refrain from making corrections.--MikeGinny 16:22, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Mini-Magellanic Cloud

What about the Mini-Magellanic Cloud? --myselfalso 06:47, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] When they were first named after Magellan?

I could not find a definite date or the name of the person who was the first to name the objects after Magellan. So, for now I only listed two facts that demonstrate that this name was not used (at least in star atlases) until at least the late 18th century. If anyone can fill in some definite sourced information on this, please do so and then delete my two temporary references to Bayer and Flamsteed. Trapolator 21:36, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Extraterrestrial skies

Which would be appropriate, here or in that ETSkies article, to describe what it would look like on an Earth-like planet in the Magellanic Clouds assuming that the position within the cloud is not blocked by nebulae or other objects, and assuming the person's viewpoint and the planet's axial orientation permit viewing of the Milky Way? And what would it look like - how much of the sky would be occupied by the Milky Way? GBC 17:59, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History is eurocentric

The history of the clouds discusses the clouds purely from a European perspective. The clouds were known to the Australian Indigenous people, who created mythology for them. Such mythology usually portrayed the clouds as related people, such as a man and wife, two sisters, etc.

The Inca also probably had mythology for these clouds.

References: http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1437646.htm http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/AboriginalAstronomy/literature/Haynes2000.pdf --B.d.mills 08:45, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Your comment is ridiculous. The first scholar mentioned in the 'history' section was a Middle Eastrern one, and unless you happen not to know, maybe you should check whether the Middle East is in Europe. If you have reliable evidence showing that Australian aboriginal tribes recognised the Magellanic Clouds, you can of course present it. If not, I just can't see what your point is. --212.50.147.101 (talk) 17:45, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Classification of the Magellanic Clouds

There is an inconsistency between at least two articles: the article irregular galaxy states that "The Magellanic Cloud galaxies were once classified as irregular galaxies, but have since been found to contain barred spiral structures, and have been since re-classified as "SBm", a fourth type of barred spiral galaxy". On the other hand, the current version of this article states that the Magellanic clouds are classified as irregular dwarf galaxies. Someone who knows the subject matter should fix this inconsistency and add up-to-date scientific references. --212.50.147.101 (talk) 17:39, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orbiting Milky Way?

"Once they were thought to be orbiting our Milky Way galaxy. However, new research seems to indicate that this is not the case[1][2]." It appears newer research has rendered this second sentence incorrect, here's a ref link http://www.csiro.au/news/GasFinger.html Not familiar enough with the subject matter to change anything as it seems it is still up for debate, anyone? Ozone77 (talk) 22:49, 5 February 2008 (UTC)