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The Stellar Complexes in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

F. Maragoudaki ,
M. Kontizas ,
E. Kontizas ,
A. Dapergolas  and
D. H. Morgan
F. Maragoudaki
Affiliation:
Section of Astrophysics Astronomy & Mechanics, Department of Physics, University of Athens, GR-157 83 Athens, Greece
M. Kontizas
Affiliation:
Section of Astrophysics Astronomy & Mechanics, Department of Physics, University of Athens, GR-157 83 Athens, Greece
E. Kontizas
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute, National Observatory of Athens, P.O. Box 20048, GR-118 10 Athens, Greece
A. Dapergolas
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute, National Observatory of Athens, P.O. Box 20048, GR-118 10 Athens, Greece
D. H. Morgan
Affiliation:
Schmidt Telescope Unit, Royal Observatory of Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK

Abstract

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A method has been developed for the detection of stellar complexes and the derivation of their fundamental properties in the LMC. We have used digitized UKST plates in order to perform star counts and produce isodensity contour maps in various colours and luminosity slices. About 50 large stellar groupings have been revealed. Their properties favour a “top-down” mechanism acting in star forming regions.

Type
Part 6. Stellar Clusters
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 190: New Views of the Magellanic Clouds , 1999 , pp. 452 - 453
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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