[DOC] [TLE] Magellanic Clouds - Wikipedia [PAR] The Magellanic Clouds (or Nubeculae Magellani) are two irregular dwarf 
galaxies visible from ... In Sri Lanka, from ancient times, these clouds have been 
referred to as the Maha Mera ... Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy in 1994, they were the 
closest known galaxies to our own ... Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (
Reprint ed.). [DOC] [TLE] Magellanic Clouds - Universe Today [PAR] May 7, 2009 ... These are the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, which may or may not be 
companion galaxies to our own Milky Way. ... making it the 3rd closest galaxy to 
us; only the Sagittarius Dwarf and Canis Major Dwarf galaxies are closer. ... The 
Magellanic Clouds were named after the explorer Ferdinand... [DOC] [TLE] Galaxies next door ellanic Clouds [PAR] real (the closest observed supernova in ... Despite these potentially off-putting ... 
later, in a letter from explorer and car- tographer ... Magellan's circumnavigation 
of Earth ... are now named for Magellan. ... mic rays generated in our own galaxy,. [DOC] [TLE] APOD Search Results for ""Large Magellanic Cloud"" [PAR] 152 items ... Explanation: Did the two most famous satellite galaxies of our Milky Way ... Much 
of the faint nebulosity is Galactic Cirrus clouds of thin dust in our own Galaxy, but 
... These stars, known collectively as star cluster R136, were captured in the ... to 
study the southern sky during the first circumnavigation of planet Earth. [DOC] [TLE] APOD Search Results for "irregular AND galaxy" [PAR] 85 items ... Explanation: This huge swirling mass of stars, gas, and dust occurs near the 
center of ... Along with the insider's view of our own galaxy, the image features 
our outside .... These cosmic clouds are now understood to be dwarf irregular 
galaxies, .... named for the 16th century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan
. [DOC] [TLE] What are the clouds of Magellan? - Whatafy [PAR] Magellanic Clouds have been named after the explorer Ferdinand Magellan, 
who ... first circumnavigation of the Earth between the years 1519-1522 and saw 
these ... In fact, this is the nearest galaxy to us, after the dwarf galaxy Sagittarius 
and ... The large cloud of Magellan has only 1/10 the mass of our galaxy, the 
Milky... [DOC] [TLE] Eternity is in love with the productions of time. - FTP Directory Listing [PAR] If the red color of these most distant galaxies accentuates our sense of their great 
.... dark molecular clouds of a neighboring arm of our galaxy is actually a ... light-
years separate Mars and the closest tendrils of galactic gas and dust visible ...... 
probably wouldn't be named after Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who. [DOC] [TLE] WIRED Space Photo of the Day 2012 | WIRED [PAR] Feb 1, 2012 ... The painting-like image shows vast clouds of gas and dust ... These deep VLT 
observations were made at near-infrared wavelengths with the ISAAC instrument. 
.... NGC 7354 resides in Cepheus, a constellation named after the .... The star is 
located in the Milky Way, our own galaxy, and it shines so brightly... [DOC] [TLE] The Hydrogen Clouds of M33 | God said "Let there be ... - Pinterest [PAR] Now understood to be satellite galaxies of our much larger, spiral Milky Way 
Galaxy. .... The Galaxy Evolution Explorer, which NASA recently loaned to the 
California ..... 2.5 million light-years distant, is the closest large spiral to our own 
Milky Way. .... These clouds of interstellar dust and gas have blossomed 1,300 
light-years... [DOC] [TLE] Ferdinand Magellan - Princeton University [PAR] Legacy of Magellan's name: Strait of Magellan, Magellanic Clouds (galaxies) ... 
awe about Ferdinand Magellan's expedition's circumnavigation of the world, 
consider .... It was named after the church of Santa Mara de la Victoria de Triana 
(Seville, Spain) ... Buoyed by these developments and his own confidence, 
Magellan... [DOC] [TLE] COSMIC BODIES | Before Us The Stars [PAR] Our galaxy the Milky Way sits across the sky as a smokey band of stars and 
nebulae. ... Found within the Pegasus constellation these four galaxies span a

Question: These "clouds" named for a circumnavigating explorer are the nearest galaxies to our own
Answer: Magellan/Magellanic Clouds