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The Geometry of the SMC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

L. T. Gardiner
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, Scotland
D. Hatzidimitriou
Affiliation:
Anglo-Australian Observatory, Epping, NSW
M. R. S. Hawkins
Affiliation:
Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland

Abstract

We have undertaken a study of the 3-D spatial distribution of the older (τ ≥ 1–2 Gyr) stellar population lying beyond ~ 2 kpc in projected radial distance from the centre of the SMC. The study will eventually cover 120 square degrees including six overlapping Schmidt fields. Here we present the results from an area of 80 square degrees including the western, northern and north-eastern outer parts of the SMC.

Type
Extragalactic
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1991

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