The Small Magellanic Cloud

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:contains gptkb:battle
high
young stars
old stars
gptkbp:coordinates RA 00h 52m 0s, Dec -72° 50′ 0″
gptkbp:depicted_in gptkb:physicist
naked eye
southern hemisphere
the southern sky
gptkbp:diameter approximately 7,000 light-years
gptkbp:discovered_by the 16th century
gptkbp:distance approximately 50,000 light-years
approximately 200,000 light-years
gptkbp:formed gptkb:battle
gptkbp:has_color B-V = 0.8
gptkbp:has_luminosity gptkb:battle
gptkbp:historical_significance gptkb:battle
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Small Magellanic Cloud
gptkbp:is_affected_by the Milky Way's gravity
tidal interactions with the Milky Way
gptkbp:is_associated_with gptkb:the_Milky_Way
the Local Group galaxies
gptkbp:is_home_to massive stars
multiple globular clusters
the Tarantula Nebula
the SMC Bar
the SMC Dwarf Galaxy
the SMC Nebulae
gptkbp:is_located_near the constellation Tucana
gptkbp:is_near gptkb:the_Large_Magellanic_Cloud
gptkbp:is_observed_in gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:the_Magellanic_Clouds
gptkb:the_Magellanic_Clouds_system
the Local Group of galaxies
the Magellanic Stream
the Magellanic System
gptkbp:is_studied_in gptkb:spacecraft
gptkb:interstellar_medium
gptkb:observatory
galactic dynamics
stellar evolution
stellar populations
gptkbp:lighting low
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:the_Local_Group
approximately 200,000 light-years from Earth
gptkbp:mass approximately 3 billion solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity lower than the Milky Way
gptkbp:named_after gptkb:Ferdinand_Magellan
gptkbp:notable_models irregular
Irr (irregular galaxy)
gptkbp:population young and old stars
lower than the Milky Way