Everything about Large Magellanic Cloud

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Large Magellanic CloudA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: The Effect of the LMC on the Milky Way SystemInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Reflective Cracking in PavementsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: LMC and galactic extinctionCited 344 times
5. Go sideways: NGC 1866A closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Small Magellanic CloudA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• LMC and galactic extinction

  I. D. Howarth · 1983 · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 344 citations

• Relative frequencies of Type Ia and Type II supernovae in the chemical evolution of the Galaxy, LMC and SMC

  T. Tsujimoto, K. Nomoto, Y. Yoshii · 1995 · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 341 citations

• Detection of the neutrino signal from SN 1987A in the LMC using the INR Baksan underground scintillation telescope

  E.N. Alexeyev, L.N. Alexeyeva, I.V. Krivosheina · 1988 · Physics Letters B · 325 citations

• A catalogue of low-mass X-ray binaries in the Galaxy, LMC, and SMC (Fourth edition)

  Q. Z. Liu, J. van Paradijs, E. P. J. van den Heuvel · 2007 · Astronomy & Astrophysics · 312 citations

• Tango for three: Sagittarius, LMC, and the Milky Way

  Eugene Vasiliev, Vasily Belokurov, Denis Erkal · 2020 · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 288 citations

• THE CONSTANT INNER-DISK RADIUS OF LMC X-3: A BASIS FOR MEASURING BLACK HOLE SPIN

  James F. Steiner, Jeffrey E. McClintock, Ronald A. Remillard · 2010 · The Astrophysical Journal · 247 citations

• Is the SMC Bound to the LMC? TheHubble Space TelescopeProper Motion of the SMC

  Nitya Kallivayalil, Roeland P. van der Marel, Charles Alcock · 2006 · The Astrophysical Journal · 245 citations

• Spectroscopy of giants in LMC clusters. I - Velocities, abundances, and the age-metallicity relation

  Edward W. Olszewski, Robert A. Schommer, Nicholas B. Suntzeff · 1991 · The Astronomical Journal · 206 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• The Effect of the LMC on the Milky Way System

  Eugene Vasiliev · 2023 · Galaxies · 77 citations

• The Recent LMC–SMC Collision: Timing and Impact Parameter Constraints from Comparison of Gaia LMC Disk Kinematics and N-body Simulations

  Yumi Choi, Knut A. G. Olsen, Gurtina Besla · 2022 · The Astrophysical Journal · 66 citations

• The iron and oxygen content of LMC Classical Cepheids and its implications for the extragalactic distance scale and Hubble constant

  Martino Romaniello, Adam Riess, Sara Mancino · 2022 · Astronomy & Astrophysics · 55 citations

• A synthetic population of Wolf-Rayet stars in the LMC based on detailed single and binary star evolution models

  D. Pauli, N. Langer, D. R. Aguilera-Dena · 2022 · Astronomy & Astrophysics · 43 citations

• The VMC survey – XLVIII. Classical cepheids unveil the 3D geometry of the LMC

  Vincenzo Ripepi, Laurent Chemin, Roberto Molinaro · 2022 · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 41 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Reflective Cracking in PavementsJ. M. Rigo · 1993
• 📕Descendants of Roderick and Christiana CameronL. Marilyn Cameron Stinson · 2007
• 📕LMC scheme of delegationWarwickshire (England). Education Department. · 1990
• 📕LMC Cleaning Services LLCGiorgio Armani · 2015
• 📕LMC selected areasMati Morel · 1990
• 📕LMC annual report.
• 📕LMC beef & sheep yearbookLivestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland. · 2003
• 📕Leucémies Myéloïdes Chroniques (LMC)Isaac ZOFFOUN · 2021

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🔗 Related topics

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• Small Magellanic Cloud The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is a dwarf galaxy near the Milky Way. Classified as a dwarf irregular galaxy, the SMC has a D25 isophotal diameter of…
• Tarantula Nebula The Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is a large H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), forming its south-east corner (from Earth's…
• Cepheid variable A Cepheid variable (/ˈsɛfi.ɪd, ˈsiːfi-/) is a type of variable star that pulsates radially, varying in both diameter and temperature. It changes in brightness…
• NGC 5204 NCG 5204 is a Magellanic spiral galaxy located about 14.5 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Ursa Major and is a member of the…
• NGC 4449 NGC 4449, also known as Caldwell 21, is an irregular Magellanic type galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was discovered by German-British astronomer…
• NGC 1569 NGC 1569 is a dwarf irregular galaxy in Camelopardalis. The galaxy is relatively nearby, and consequently, the Hubble Space Telescope can easily resolve…
• Star cluster A star cluster is a group of stars, that share an origin, formed at roughly the same time and held together by self-gravitation. Two main types of star…