Smith Cloud
(Smith's Cloud, Lockman Cloud)
(high-velocity cloud on collision course with Milky Way)
The Smith Cloud (or Smith's Cloud or Lockman Cloud)
is a high-velocity cloud within the galactic halo
of the Milky Way that apparently will collide
with the Milky Way disk in 30 million years.
It shows a comet-like tail.
Its trajectory to collide with the Milky Way disk
gives credence to the notion that some star formation
may have resulted from such collisions.
(cloud,Milky Way)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith%27s_Cloud
https://chview.nova.org/solcom/x-objects/sm-cloud.htm
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=smith+cloud
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1963BAN....17..203S/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016IAUS..315....9L/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003ApJ...591L..33L/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009ApJ...707.1642N/abstract
Redshift | Parsecs /Distance | Lightyears /Lookback Years | | |
~0 | 12.4kpc | 40.4kly | | Smith Cloud |
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Coordinates: | Smith Cloud J205110.4+014104 |
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Referenced by pages:
dark galaxy
high-velocity cloud (HVC)
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