What Are the Magellanic Clouds

question 24

Multiple Choice

What are the Magellanic Clouds?

• A)star- forming clouds found in the constellation Orion
• B)the clouds of dust and gas found interspersed in many places throughout the Milky Way Galaxy
• C)two nebulae located in the disk of the Milky Way galaxy and visible only from the Southern Hemisphere
• D)two small galaxies that orbit the Milky Way Galaxy

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