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Magellanic spiral
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Etymology
From the pattern found in the prototype of the class, the en Large Magellanic Cloud, a type-1 irregular galaxy with a spiral structure having one arm. en Ferdinand Magellan = Portuguese explorer.
Noun
en astronomy A type of en galaxy, a en spiral galaxy with one arm. Also consider a type of en irregular galaxy. Usually, such spirals are a en dwarf galaxy.
Synonyms
en Sm Magellanic spiral galaxy
Hypernyms
en galaxy spiral galaxy irregular galaxy Irr-I