Object type | Intergalactic high-velocity cloud |
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Constellation | Dorado, Mensa, Sculptor ![]() |
00h 32m | |
Declination | −30.0° |
The Magellanic Stream is a stream of high-velocity clouds of gas extending from the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds over 100° through the Galactic south pole of the Milky Way. The stream contains a gaseous feature dubbed the leading arm.[1] The stream was sighted in 1965 and its relation to the Magellanic Clouds was established in 1974.