Daily Image
03-12-2018
The Small Magellanic Cloud imaged by ASKAP
| Submitter: | Helga Denes |
| Description: | The Small Magellanic Cloud is one of the closest neighbouring galaxies of the Milky Way. Conveniently, it is also just the right size to fit into the field of view of one ASKAP (Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder) pointing, which is about 25 square degrees on the sky. This image was taken using 16 of the 36 ASKAP antennas and is so far the highest spatial resolution image of the neutral hydrogen (HI) in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The new data reviles several small clouds outside the main body of the galaxy. The shape and orientation of these clouds suggest that they are outflows originating from the main star formation regions of the Small Magellanic Cloud. More details can be found in the recently published paper: McClure-Griffiths et al. 2018, Nature Astronomy ArXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.01772 |
| Copyright: | McClure-Griffiths et al. (2018) |
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