Molecular clouds in the Small Magellanic Cloud (IMAGE)

Kyushu University

Molecular clouds in the Small Magellanic Cloud

Caption

A far infrared image of the Small Magellanic Cloud as observed by the European Space Agency's (ESA) Herschel Space Observatory. Circles indicate the positions observed by the ALMA telescope, with the corresponding enlarged image of the observed molecular cloud from radio waves emitted by carbon monoxide. The enlarged pictures framed in yellow indicate filamentary structures. The pictures in the blue frame indicate fluffy shapes.

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ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Tokuda et al., ESA/Herschel

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