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String of young clusters linking the Magellanic Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

L. Grondin ,
S. Demers ,
W. E. Kunkel  and
M. J. Irwin
L. Grondin
Affiliation:
Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
S. Demers
Affiliation:
Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
W. E. Kunkel
Affiliation:
The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, La Serena, Chile
M. J. Irwin
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy Cambridge University, Cambridge, England

Abstract

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We present deep CCD photometry of three associations lying between the Magellanic Clouds and sitting on the HI ridge. ZAMS fittings show that these clusters are located at the distance of the Clouds. Furthermore, a slight distance gradient is observed. Main sequences matched to isochrones reveal that these aggregates are very young, no more than 108 years old. An age difference from east to west is also suggested.

Type
The LMC-SMC-Galaxy System
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 148: The Magellanic Clouds , 1991 , pp. 478 - 479
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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