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The properties of young stellar clusters (YSCs) in M33, identified from the center out to about twice the size of the bright star-forming disk,are investigated. We find 915 discrete MIR sources as far as the extent of the warped HI disk,…

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We investigate recent star formation in the extended ultraviolet (XUV) disks of five nearby galaxies (NGC 0628, NGC 2090, NGC 2841, NGC 3621, and NGC 5055) using a long wavelength baseline comprised of ultraviolet and mid-infrared imaging…

Studies of the Galactic Centre suggest that in-situ star formation may have given rise to the observed stellar population near the central supermassive black hole (SMBH). Direct evidence for a recent starburst is provided by the currently…

We examine the star-forming history (SFH) of the M31 disk during the past few hundred Myr. The luminosity functions (LFs) of main sequence stars at distances R_GC > 21 kpc (i.e. > 4 disk scale lengths) are matched by models that assume a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 T. J. Davidge , A. W. McConnachie , M. A. Fardal , J. Fliri , D. Valls-Gabaud , S. C. Chapman , G. F. Lewis , R. M. Rich

We present results from photometric and spectroscopic data obtained with SOAR and Gemini observatory facilities in the field of a recently discovered star cluster. The cluster, projected towards the Eastern side of the outer disc of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-17 Andrés E. Piatti , Ricardo Salinas , Eva K. Grebel

We analyzed the radial surface brightness profile of the spiral galaxy NGC 7793 using HST/ACS images from the GHOSTS survey and a new HST/WFC3 image across the disk break. We used the photometry of resolved stars to select distinct…

We present Subaru/Suprime-Cam deep V and I imaging of seven fields in the outer regions of M33. Our aim is to search for stellar structures corresponding to extended HI clouds found in a recent 21-cm survey of the galaxy. Three fields probe…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 M. Grossi , N. Hwang , E. Corbelli , C. Giovanardi , S. Okamoto , N. Arimoto

We present an analysis of the spatial distribution of various stellar populations within the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. We use optically selected stellar samples with mean ages between ~9 and ~1000 Myr, and existing stellar cluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-24 N. Bastian , M. Gieles , B. Ercolano , R. Gutermuth

Ground-based UBV photometry of two fields in the northern disk of the LMC are presented. A distance modulus of (m-M)_0 = 18.41 +/- 0.04 and an extinction of A_V = 0.30 +/- 0.05 has been calculated for these fields. The measurable star…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. E. Dolphin

We present results of age determination based on the standard procedure of isochrone fitting for about 600 star clusters younger than about 1.2 Gyr from the central parts of the LMC. Comparison of age distributions of star clusters from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Pietrzynski , A. Udalski

We present $V$ and $I$ photometry, obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope, for $\sim 15,800$ stars in a field in the inner disk of the Large Magellanic Cloud. We confirm previous results indicating that an intense star formation event,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Rebecca A. W. Elson , Gerard F. Gilmore , Basilio X. Santiago

We investigate the stellar kinematics of the Galactic disc in 7 $<$ $R$ $<$ 13\,kpc using a sample of 118\,945 red giant branch (RGB) stars from LAMOST and Gaia. We characterize the median, dispersion and skewness of the distributions of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-27 Yaqian Wu , Maosheng Xiang , Yuqin Chen , Gang Zhao , Shaolan Bi , Chengdong Li , Yaguang Li , Yang Huang

We present a detailed analysis of two fields located 26 kpc (~5 scalelengths) from the centre of M31. One field samples the major axis populations--the Outer Disc field--while the other is offset by ~18' and samples the Warp in the stellar…

Observations show that the surface brightness of disc galaxies can be well-described by a single exponential (TI), up-bending (TIII) or down-bending (TII) profiles in the outskirts. Here we characterize the mass surface densities of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-15 Silvio Varela-Lavin , Patricia B. Tissera , Facundo A. Gómez , Lucas A. Bignone , Claudia del P. Lagos

Stellar radial migration plays an important role in reshaping a galaxy's structure and the radial distribution of stellar population properties. In this work, we revisit reported observational evidence for radial migration and quantify its…

In some scenarios for the formation of the Milky Way bulge the stellar population at the edges of the boxy bulge may be younger than those on the minor axis, or close to the Galactic center. So far the only bulge region where deep…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 E. Valenti , M. Zoccali , A. Renzini , T. M. Brown , O. Gonzalez , D. Minniti , Victor P. Debattista , L. Mayer

Recent spectroscopic observations in the Milky Way suggest that the chemically defined thick disk (stars with high [alpha/Fe] ratios and thus old) has a significantly smaller scale-length than the thin disk. This is in apparent…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-24 I. Minchev , M. Martig , D. Streich , C. Scannapieco , R. S. de Jong , M. Steinmetz

The LMC and SMC are interacting dwarf galaxies that offer a valuable testbed for studying the effects of galactic mergers. We investigate the chemodynamic history of the LMC in the context of its interaction with the SMC by inferring…

Different environmental conditions can play a crucial role in determining final products of the star formation process and in this context, less favorable activities of star formation are expected in the external regions of our Galaxy. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 L. Prisinzano , J. Sanz-Forcada , G. Micela , M. Caramazza , M. G. Guarcello , S. Sciortino , L. Testi

We investigate the star formation history and chemical evolution of low surface brightness (LSB) disk galaxies by modelling their observed spectro-photometric and chemical properties using a galactic chemical and photometric evolution model…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. B. van den Hoek , W. J. G. de Blok , J. M. van der Hulst , T. de Jong , .