Fiction:Magellanic Clouds

The Magellanic Cloud Galaxies are a pair of irregular dwarf galaxies in the Local Group, a cluster of galaxies around the Milky Way. The two galaxies are not similar in size. The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is about 14 light-years across, while the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is only about 7 light-years across. The LMC was discovered by a Persian astonomer known as `Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi around 964 AD and was first mentioned in his Book of Fixed Stars. The galaxies were named for Ferdinand Magellan after he sighted them and wrote about them. There is a noticeable bar near the core of each Cloud, leading scientists to believe they were previously barred spiral galaxies, but tidal interractions between the two and the Milky Way Galaxy is thought to have caused them to be shapped as they are today. The LMC is the 3rd closest galaxy to the Milky Way, with the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy being 2nd and the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy being the closest. The LMC is also the 4th largest galaxy in the Local Group, with the Triangulum Galaxy being the 3rd largest, the Milky Way at 2nd largest, and the Andromeda Galaxy being the largest. The SMC is only half the size of the LMC and is farther away from the Milky Way. The SMC is speculated to be divided into two parts, the smaller part being dubbed the MMC (Mini Magellanic Cloud).

Inhabitants:

Isawyelte (native to the SMC, expanded into the LMC)

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