The “Maggie” filament: Physical properties of a giant atomic cloud

The animation shows the location of the 3900 light-years long filament of atomic hydrogen in the Milky Way named “Maggie“. It was produced for the MPIA press release “A gigantic lane made of raw material for new stars“. It is based on results featured in the article “The “Maggie” filament: Physical properties of a giant atomic cloud“ by Jonas Syed et al. published in Astronomy & Astrophysics (DOI: ). Credits are mentioned at the end of the video!