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Bright Stars in the SMC Clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

E. Kontizas
Affiliation:
*Observatory of Athens
A. Dapergolas
Affiliation:
*Observatory of Athens
M. Kontizas
Affiliation:
**University of Athens

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The bright stars for 15 SMC clusters were classified in order to derive the distribution of various spectral types. The studied clusters represent all evolutionary ages (disk, intermediate and halo) and are located at various places of the parent galaxy. The spectal classification of the stars was carried out using film copies of the 1.2 m Schmidt telescope objective prism plates. Low dispersion (2440 Å at Hγ) and medium dispersion (830 Å at Hγ) unwidewed UJ and RI spectra were examined by means of a binocular microscope. Short exposure plates were used as well for the most bright stars and particularly for the stars at the central areas where crowding is more severe. More details about the used material and the criteria used for the classification are described by Kontizas et al (1985). For each cluster a circular area was examined inside its tidal radius. (Kontizas, 1984). The stars in the innermost part of the populous clusters were not classified because of the overlapped images. Stars of fields in the vicinity of each cluster were also classified to find the contribution of field stars in the cluster area. The magnitude range of the studied stars is 14.5<V<17.50.

Type
Poster Papers 3
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986 

References

Kontizas, E., Dapergolas, A., and Kontizas, M.: 1985 (in preparation).Google Scholar
Kontizas, M.: 1984, Astron and Astrophys., 131, 58.Google Scholar