The Composition of the Magellanic Clouds and the Etymology of Magellanic Clouds

The Magellanic Clouds are the 2 nearest galaxies to the Milky Way visible primarily from the Southern Hemisphere; not close enough to distinguish stars within them but close enough to allow all the stars to make a single puddle of light. Ferdinand Magellan who first recorded them, recorded the phenomena as clouds but as time progressed they did not go away and became referred to as the "Magellanic Clouds"...


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