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On the Distance of the Magellanic Stream

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

J. Jaaniste
J. Jaaniste*
Affiliation:
Tartu Astrophysical Observatory Toravere, Estonia, 202444 USSR

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If the HI clouds in the Magellanic Stream are in pressure equilibrium with the hot gaseous corona of our Galaxy, the distance of each cloud can be estimated from the observed properties of a cloud: position, angular dimensions, surface density of HI and the cloud temperature. Using a dynamical model with massive corona we have found distances of about 30–40 kpc for spherical condensations in the northern part of the Magellanic Stream.

Type
Dynamics
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 108: Structure and Evolution of the Magellanic Clouds , 1984 , pp. 141 - 144
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1984 

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