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We report results on the internal dynamical evolution of old star clusters located in the outer regions of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). Because the SMC has been imprinted with evidence of tidal interaction with the Large Magellanic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-23 Andrés E. Piatti

The outer northeastern region of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is populated by a shell-like overdensity whose nature was recently investigated. We analyzed twenty catalogued star clusters projected onto it from Survey of the MAgellanic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-17 Andrés E. Piatti

We derive the star formation history in four regions of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) using the deepest VI color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) ever obtained for this galaxy. The images were obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 M. Cignoni , A. A. Cole , M. Tosi , J. S. Gallagher , E. Sabbi , J. Anderson , E. K. Grebel , A. Nota

The Magellanic Clouds are nearby dwarf irregular galaxies that represent a unique laboratory for studying galaxy interactions. Their morphology and dynamics have been heavily influenced by their mutual interactions as well as with their…

We discuss the young population of stars and clusters in the Magellanic Clouds. We present the discovery of pre-main sequence candidates in the nebula N~11 in the Large Magellanic Clouds using HST ACS photometry. The comparison of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-11-30 A. Vallenari

The Magellanic Clouds (MCs) offer an outstanding variety of young stellar associations, in which large samples of low-mass stars (with masses less than 1 solar mass) currently in the act of formation can be resolved and explored…

We measure the angular correlation function of stars in a region of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) that spans 2 degrees by 1.5 degrees. We find that the correlation functions of stellar populations are represented well by exponential…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jason Harris , Dennis Zaritsky

High spatial resolution imaging with the Hubble Space Telescope allowed us to resolve the compact HII, region N81 lying in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). We show the presence of a tight cluster of newborn massive stars embedded in this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Heydari-Malayeri , M. R. Rosa , H. Zinnecker , L. Deharveng , V. Charmandaris

NGC 602 is a young stellar cluster located in a peripheral region of the Small Magellanic Cloud known as the wing. Far from the main body of the galaxy and abutting the Magellanic Bridge, the SMC's wing is characterized by low gas and…

This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the youngest stellar clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), utilising a multi-wavelength approach. We analyse data spanning from infrared to ultraviolet wavelengths, with the goal of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-13 Ricardo Chávez , Rosa Amelia González-Lópezlira , Gustavo Bruzual

[abridged] How does a star cluster of more than few 10,000 solar masses form? We present the case of the cluster NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud, and its star-forming region N66, and we propose a scenario for its formation, based on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-11-03 Dimitrios A. Gouliermis , Sacha Hony

We present results based on YJKs photometry of star clusters located in the outermost, eastern region of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). We analysed a total of 51 catalogued clusters whose colour--magnitude diagrams (CMDs), having been…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-24 A. E. Piatti , R. de Grijs , S. Rubele , M. R. Cioni , V. Ripepi , L. Kerber

The 21cm line emission from a 7x6 degree region, east of and adjoining the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) has been observed with the Australia Telescope Compact Array and the Parkes telescopes. This region represents the westernmost part of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-01 E. Muller , L. Staveley-Smith. , W. Zealey , S. Stanimirovic

The kinematics of 150 carbon stars observed at moderate dispersion on the periphery of the Small Magellanic Cloud are compared with the motions of neutral hydrogen and early type stars in the Inter-Cloud region. The distribution of radial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 William Kunkel , Serge Demers , M. J. Irwin

We model the dynamical interaction between the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds and their corresponding stellar cluster populations. Our goal is to explore whether the lack of old clusters ($\gtrsim 7$ Gyr) in the Small Magellanic Cloud…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 Daniel D. Carpintero , Facundo A. Gómez , Andrés E. Piatti

The Magellanic system comprises the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), and the less frequently observed Magellanic Bridge and Magellanic Stream. The Bridge is traced by neutral gas and has an observed stellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 Gemma Bagheri , Maria-Rosa Cioni , Ralf Napiwotzki

We derive the spatially-resolved star formation history (SFH) for a $96$ deg$^2$ area across the main body of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), using the near-infrared photometry from the VISTA survey of the Magellanic Clouds (VMC). The…

As nearby neighbors to the Milky Way, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC) provide a unique opportunity to study star formation in the context of their galactic ecosystems. Thousands of young stellar objects (YSOs) have been…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-16 Megan Reiter , Omnarayani Nayak , Margaret Meixner , Olivia Jones

The origin of a regular, 600 pc-long arc of young stars and clusters in the Constellation III region of the Large Magellanic Cloud is considered. The circular form of this arc suggests that the prestellar gas was uniformly swept up by a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Yuri Efremov , Bruce Elmegreen