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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: Swinburne University of Technology - COSMOS - The SAO Encyclopedia of Astronomy - Magellanic Clouds. | Jun 27, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Astronomical Society - NOVA - A History of Collisions Between the Magellanic Clouds. | Jun 27, 2017 | ||
| The words "30 Doradus (also called the Tarantula Nebula)" changed to "the Tarantula Nebula (also called 30 Doradus)." | Aug 01, 2014 | ||
| The words "cannot be observed from the northern latitudes" changed to "cannot be observed from most northern latitudes." | Mar 21, 2012 | ||
| Material about Edwin Hubble's study of the Magellanic Clouds and about 30 Doradus added. | Aug 22, 2011 | ||
| Added information about most massive star, R136a1. | Jul 22, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 12, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of Alabama - The Magellanic Clouds. |
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Dec 19, 2006 | |
| Added new Web site: Hyperphysics - Magellanic Cloud. |
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Dec 19, 2006 | |
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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