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Magellanic Irregular
Magellanic may refer to: *Magellanic Steppe, 7th largest desert in the world, see Patagonian Desert *Magellanic Straits, a sea passageway at the tip of South America, see Strait of Magellan *Magellanic subpolar forests, an ecoregion of southernmost Chile and Argentina *Magellanic Premium, a major prize established in 1786 regarding navigation Astronomy *Magellanic Clouds, two major Milky Way neighbouring galaxies, matter streams, or systems related to them: **Large Magellanic Cloud, a major satellite galaxy to the Milky Way **Small Magellanic Cloud, a smaller major satellite galaxy to the Milky Way ***Mini Magellanic Cloud, a sub-satellite galaxy separating from the Small Magellanic Cloud **Magellanic Bridge, a neutral hydrogen stream with a few stars linking the two Magellanic Clouds, with a density of stars midway known as OGLE Island **Magellanic Stream, a neutral hydrogen gas halo and star envelope around the two Magellanic Clouds linking them to the Milky Way *Magellanic spiral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patagonian Desert
The Patagonian Desert, also known as the Patagonian Steppe, is the largest desert in Argentina and is the 8th largest desert in the world by area, occupying 673,000 square kilometers (260,000 mi2). It is located primarily in Argentina and is bounded by the Andes, to its west, and the Atlantic Ocean to its east, in the region of Patagonia, southern Argentina. To the north the desert grades into the Cuyo Region and the Monte. The central parts of the steppe are dominated by shrubby and herbaceous plant species albeit to the west, where precipitation is higher, bushes are replaced by grasses. Topographically the deserts consist of alternating tablelands and massifs dissected by river valleys and canyons. The more western parts of the steppe host lakes of glacial origin and grades into barren mountains or cold temperate forests along valleys. Inhabited by hunter-gatherers since Pre-Hispanic times, the desert faced migration in the 19th century of Argentines, Welsh, and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesser Horned Owl
The lesser horned owl or Magellanic horned owl (''Bubo magellanicus'') is a large owl of the genus ''Bubo'' found in southern South America, extending north to the central Andes. It has traditionally been classified as a subspecies of the great horned owl (''Bubo virginianus''), but is now treated as a separate species based on differences in voice and size and because of the genetic distance between the two. It is about long with birds in the north of the range being largest. It has broad wings and a large head with two "ear" tufts. The plumage is mainly grey-brown but is quite variable in colour. The underparts are pale with narrow grey-brown bars and the breast has dark blotches. There is a black border to the facial disc and white stripes above the yellow eyes. The great horned owl is similar but larger with stronger feet and bill, broader bars on the underparts and longer ear-tufts. The deep hooting call consists of a double-note followed by a loud, vibrating note. The bird ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmond Hamilton
Edmond Moore Hamilton (October 21, 1904 – February 1, 1977) was an American writer of science fiction during the mid-twentieth century. Early life Born in Youngstown, Ohio, he was raised there and in nearby New Castle, Pennsylvania. Something of a child prodigy, he graduated from high school and entered Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania at the age of 14, but washed out at 17. Writing career Edmond Hamilton's career as a science fiction writer began with the publication of "The Monster God of Mamurth", a short story, in the August 1926 issue of ''Weird Tales'', now a classic magazine of alternative fiction. Hamilton quickly became a central member of the remarkable group of ''Weird Tales'' writers assembled by editor Farnsworth Wright, that included H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. ''Weird Tales'' would publish 79 works of fiction by Hamilton from 1926 to 1948, making him one of the magazine's most prolific contributors. Hamilton became a frien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Complete Science-Adventure Books
''Two Complete Science-Adventure Books'' was an American pulp science fiction magazine, published by Fiction House, which lasted for eleven issues between 1950 and 1954 as a companion to ''Planet Stories''. Each issue carried two novels or long novellas. It was initially intended to carry only reprints, but soon began to publish original stories. Contributors included Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Poul Anderson, John Brunner, and James Blish. The magazine folded in 1954, almost at the end of the pulp era. Publication history The early 1950s saw dramatic changes in the history of U.S. science fiction publishing. At the start of 1949, all but one of the major magazines in the field were in pulp format; by the end of 1955, almost all had either ceased publication or switched to digest format. Despite the rapid decline of the pulp market, several new science fiction magazines were launched in pulp format during these years. ''Planet Stories'', a pulp sf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magellanic Cloud
''The Magellanic Cloud'' (Polish title: ''Obłok Magellana'') is a 1955 science fiction novel by Poland, Polish writer Stanisław Lem. Fragments of the novel were published earlier, in 1953 and 1954, in the magazine ''Przekrój''. Some significant literary tropes featured in the novel include interstellar travel, "first contact (science fiction), first contact", psychological fiction, a Communist society, Communist utopia, and criticism of the capitalism, capitalist militarism, which Lem himself characterized as an "extract of the times of Socialist realism". In 1963, the novel was adapted into the Czechoslovak film ''Ikarie XB-1''. Plot summary The novel is set in the 32nd century, in a communist society, communistic Utopian future. Humanity has colonized all of the Solar System, and is now making its first attempt at interstellar travel. Aboard a vessel called ''Gaia (other), Gaia'', 227 men and women leave the Earth for the Alpha Centauri system. After almost eigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magellanic Woodpecker
The Magellanic woodpecker (''Campephilus magellanicus'') is a very large woodpecker found in southern Chile and southwestern Argentina; it is resident within its range. This species is the southernmost example of the genus '' Campephilus'', which includes the famous ivory-billed woodpecker (''C. principalis''). Description The Magellanic woodpecker is in length.''Woodpeckers: An Identification Guide to the Woodpeckers of the World'' by Hans Winkler, David A. Christie & David Nurney. Houghton Mifflin (1995), Males of this species weigh , and females weigh . Among standard measurements, the wing chord is , the tail is , the bill is , and the tarsus is . It is the largest South American woodpecker and one of the largest woodpeckers in the world. Among the species known to exist, only the non-neotropical members of the genus '' Dryocopus'' and the great slaty woodpecker (''Mulleripicus pulverulentus'') are larger-bodied. With the likely extinction of the ivory-billed and imperi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magellanic Tuco-tuco
The Magellanic tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys magellanicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is found in Argentina and Chile. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is also known as the cururo by the Ona culture of Tierra del Fuego Tierra del Fuego (, ; Spanish for "Land of the Fire", rarely also Fireland in English) is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan. The archipelago consists of the main island, Isla .... References * Wilson, David. Indigenous South Americans of the Past and Present. Westview Press, 1999. Tuco-tucos Mammals of Patagonia Mammals of Argentina Mammals of Chile Mammals described in 1836 Taxa named by Frederick Debell Bennett Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{rodent-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maori Cod
''Paranotothenia magellanica''), also known as Magellanic rockcod, Maori cod, blue notothenia or orange throat notothen, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, belonging to the family Nototheniidae, the notothens or cod icefishes. It is native to the Southern Ocean. " Maori chief" and " black cod", sometimes used for this species, usually refer to fishes from the related genus ''Notothenia''. Being a perciform fish, it is unrelated to the true cods of the order Gadiformes. This species is commercially important as a food fish. Taxonomy ''Paranotothenia magellanica'' was first formally described as ''Gadus magellanicus'' in 1801 by the German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster with the type locality given as the Straits of Magellan. The Russian ichthyologist Arkady Vladimirovich Balushkin placed it in its own monotypic genus, '' Paranotothenia'', in 1976. A second species '' P. dewitti'' was described by Balushkin in 1990. The specific name refers to the type locality. De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magellanic Plover
The Magellanic plover (''Pluvianellus socialis'') is a rare wader found only in southernmost South America. Taxonomy It was long placed in with the other plovers in the family Charadriidae; however, behavioural evidence suggested they were distinct, and molecular studies confirmed this, suggesting that they are actually more closely related to the sheathbills, a uniquely Antarctic family. As such it is now placed in its own family, Pluvianellidae. Description This species is in its structure and habits much like a turnstone, but it cannot be confused with any other wader species. Its upperparts and breast are pale grey, and the rest of the underparts are white. It has short red legs, a black bill and red eyes. In young birds, the eyes and legs are yellowish in colour, and the plumage is grey overall with scaling. The call is a dovelike ''coo''. Distribution and habitat This species is not a long-distance migrant, although some birds move further north in southern Argentina in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magellanic Penguin
The Magellanic penguin (''Spheniscus magellanicus'') is a South American penguin, breeding in coastal Patagonia, including Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands, with some migrating to Brazil and Uruguay, where they are occasionally seen as far north as Espirito Santo. Vagrants have been found in El Salvador, the Avian Island in Antarctica, Australia, and New Zealand. It is the most numerous of the ''Spheniscus'' penguins. Its nearest relatives are the African penguin, the Humboldt penguin, and the Galápagos penguins. The Magellanic penguin was named after Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who spotted the birds in 1520. The species is listed as being of Least Concern by the IUCN. Description Magellanic penguins are medium-sized penguins which grow to be tall and weigh between . The males are larger than the females, and the weight of both drops while the parents raise their young. Adults have black backs and white abdomens. There are two black bands between the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelemys Delfini
''Chelemys delfini'', also known as the Magellanic long-clawed akodont,Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1109 is a species of rodent in the genus ''Chelemys'' of family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the areas of Punta Arenas and Torres del Paine National Park in southern Chile, where it lives in the grassland A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses ( Poaceae). However, sedge ( Cyperaceae) and rush ( Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs. Grasslands occur na ... and scrub of the Magellanic steppe. It has sometimes been considered a subspecies of '' C. megalonyx''. References Literature cited *D'Elia, G. and Pardinas, U. 2008. . In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2.www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on January 12, 2010. * Mammals of Chile Chelemys Mammals described in 1905 {{Sigmodontinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magellanic Catalogue Of Stars
The Magellanic Catalogue of Stars is a catalogue of positions for 243,561 stars covering large areas around the Large and Small Magellanic Cloud (LMC and SMC). The catalogue was compiled by H.-J. Tucholke, K.S. de Boer and W.C. Seitter, who measured the positions on ESO Schmidt plates taken in 1988/91 and refer to the FK5 system via the PPM Star Catalogue. Stars to a photographic magnitude Photographic magnitude ( or ) is a measure of the relative brightness of a star or other astronomical object as imaged on a photographic film emulsion with a camera attached to a telescope. An object's apparent photographic magnitude depends on i ... of 15 have been included, but the catalogue is incomplete as only those stars which are undisturbed by close neighbours have been catalogued. The positional accuracy is claimed to be better than 0.5" for 99% of the stars. References {{astronomical-catalogue-stub Astronomical catalogues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
