The Magellanic Stream: Circumnavigating the Galaxy: Figure 4

A video from the 2016 review by Elena D'Onghia and Andrew J. Fox, "The Magellanic Stream: Circumnavigating the Galaxy," from the Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Shown: Gas projection in the simulated Magellanic System (red scale). This model reproduces the length of the Magellanic Stream and Leading Arm, as well as the Magellanic Bridge connecting the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds (SMC and LMC). In this animation, the SMC has completed three passages around the LMC. Adapted from Besla et al. (2012) with permission.