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Ages and Metallicities of Five Intermediate-Age Star Clusters Projected Towards the Small Magellanic Cloud

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Juan J. Clariá ,
Andrés E. Piatti ,
João F. C. Santos Jr. ,
Eduardo Bica ,
Ata Sarajedini  and
Doug Geisler
Juan J. Clariá
Affiliation:
Observatorio Astronómico, UNC, Laprida 854, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina
Andrés E. Piatti
Affiliation:
Observatorio Astronómico, UNC, Laprida 854, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina
João F. C. Santos Jr.
Affiliation:
Departamento de Física, UFMG, CP 702, 30123–970, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Eduardo Bica
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, UFRGS, Av. B. Gonçalves 9500, CP 15051, CEP 91501–970, Porto Alegre RS, Brazil
Ata Sarajedini
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, P.O. Box 112055, Gainesville, Fl 32611 USA
Doug Geisler
Affiliation:
Universidad de Concepción, Departamento de Física, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile

Abstract

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Washington CCD photometry of intermediate-age clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is presented. The cluster age distribution in the SMC suggests formation epochs at 3 and 6 Gyr, respectively. Recent star formation is confined to the central body of the SMC. The chemical evolution of the SMC appears to be best represented by bursty models.

Type
Part 1. The Star Clusters of Local Group Galaxies
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 207: Extragalactic Star Clusters , 2002 , pp. 196 - 198
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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