Concept information
Preferred term
Magellanic Stream
Definition
- A thin trail of gas stretching from the Magellanic System toward our own Galaxy over about 150° on the sky, corresponding to hundreds of thousands of light-years. This gas consists primarily of neutral hydrogen and is thought to have originated from the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds as a result of tidal interactions with the Milky Way. (en)
Broader concept
- High-velocity clouds (en)
- Magellanic Clouds (en)
URI
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/991
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