The Magellanic Bridge is a stream of neutral hydrogen that connects two Magellanic Clouds [1] . This is mainly a gas with a low metallicity function, although several stars were found inside it [2] . It should not be confused with the Magellanic Stream , which connects the Magellanic clouds with the Milky Way . It was opened in 1963 [3] .
The total mass of the Magellanic bridge is estimated at approximately 2 × 10 8 solar masses.
In 2017, the Magellan's Bridge magnetic field was discovered [4] , apparently using RM synthesis .
Notes
- ↑ The Magellanic System's interactive formations
- ↑ FUSE Observations of the Magellanic Bridge (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment June 8, 2013. Archived on September 26, 2007.
- ↑ Iopscience.com
- ↑ Astronomers first observed a magnetic jumper between galaxies - Naked Science
Links
- Magellanic Bridge . SIMBAD Date of treatment April 12, 2010. Archived March 17, 2013.