Hubble Watches Stars Clockwork Motion in Nearby Large Magellanic Cloud @astropageeu
Hubble Watches Stars Clockwork Motion in Nearby Large Magellanic Cloud  @astropageeu
Uploaded February 2014 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
http://www.astropage.eu/index_news.php?id=1399 Hubble misst Rotation der Großen Magellanschen Wolke

This animation illustrates the rotation rate of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Hubble Space Telescope observations have determined that the central part of the LMC completes a rotation every 250 million years. Hence, it takes more than 10 million years for even the small amount of rotation illustrated here.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon, R. van der Marel, A. Feild, L. Frattare, Z. Levay, and F. Summers (STScI)

Acknowlegment: S. Guisard (sguisard.astrosurf.com/)
Hubble Watches Stars Clockwork Motion in Nearby Large Magellanic CloudZoom in on the embedded star cluster RCW 38
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Hubble Watches Stars' Clockwork Motion in Nearby Large Magellanic Cloud

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