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Faint HII regions in the Magellanic Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

Eric M. Wilcots  and
Paul Hodge
Eric M. Wilcots
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Paul Hodge
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

Abstract

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We present CCD observations of several faint regions of active star formation in the Magellanic Clouds. For the five regions for which we were able to obtain photometric data we have extended the luminosity function (LF) two orders of magnitude below the previous faint limit of 1037 erg s−1 (1). Our preliminary results indicate that the LF turns over at 1036 erg s−1 for the LMC and 1036.5 erg s−1 for the SMC. It is also apparent that much of the Ha emission fainter than 1036 erg s−1 is diffuse or filamentary in nature.

Type
Star Formation and Clustering
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 148: The Magellanic Clouds , 1991 , pp. 226 - 227
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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