The Tarantula Nebula 01.06.05

Aqua · Post by **Aqua** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 6:25 pm

Galaxies sometimes acrete or gather dwarf galaxies...

The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are apparently in the process of colliding with the Milky Way Galaxy.

That being the case, it may eventually be found that the Tarantula Nebula is actually the captured core of a once separate dwarf galaxy, now gravitationally bound to the Large Magellanic Cloud?

Does anyone know if there are any proper motion studies or stellar population studies within the nebula that may indicate this to be the case?

harry · Post by **harry** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:42 pm

The milky way has ripped the small galaxy apart leaving the so called small clouds.

makc · Post by **makc** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:44 am

orin stepanek wrote:http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060106.html

An intense star forming region. Also area of one on the most recent nova. An interesting creation area. This is a very large and busy area. Must be many primary stars being born here.
Orin

orin stepanek · Post by **orin stepanek** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:24 am

No problem Makc! I saw that the other post was getting more hits.

Orin

harry · Post by **harry** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 5:09 am

Do we get brownie points for more hits.

Smile

Aqua · Post by **Aqua** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:03 pm

An interesting sidenote:

@: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0601/09milkyway/

This article contends that the 'waves' found in the structure of the Milky Way Galaxy may be caused by 'dark matter' in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.

Hmmm... 'Dark Matter'? Or, could that be, intergallactic magnetic fields?

BMAONE23 · Post by **BMAONE23** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:17 pm

Aqua,
Intergalactic magnetic fields?!!! A very interesting concept. It would be interesting to send some probe out to the point where you could view any possible galactic magnetic field. If there is one, and it could be measured, then one might have proof of an attractor mechanism that would function on a glactic level. (Basic physics: opposites magnetic poles attract and like poles repel)