Fig. 5. Impression of the spatial distribution of LMC's large-scale features:
Left (or above): The Magellanic System in H I with galactic coordinates (from Mathewson & Ford 1984). SP: Celestial South Pole, MS: Magellanic Stream (consisting of the components I to VI), density isophotes with outer [blue] contour at 10¹⁹ atoms cm^-2;
Right (or below): Large-scale features of the LMC on charts of Uranometria 2000.0 (Tirion et al. 1989). RC: Rotation Centre, SGSs marked in red