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We present here the results of our research for B-type pulsators in low metallicity environments, searching for short-term periodic variability in a large sample of B and Be stars in the Magellanic Clouds (MC), for which the fundamental…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-26 P. D. Diago , J. Gutiérrez-Soto , J. Fabregat , C. Martayan

We present the results of targeted observations and a survey of 1612-, 1665-, and 1667-MHz circumstellar OH maser emission from asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and red supergiants (RSGs) in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), using the…

We present the most likely optical counterparts of 113 X-ray sources detected in our Chandra survey of the central region of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) based on the OGLE-II and MCPS catalogs. We estimate that the foreground…

Multi-color OGLE survey light curves of about 20 years duration are analyzed for about 3000 classical Be stars in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC, SMC) in order to study the properties and variability. Each light curve was…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-14 A. L. Figueiredo , A. C. Carciofi , J. Labadie-Bartz , M. L. Pinho , T. H. de Amorin , P. T. dos Santos , I. Soszyński , A. Udalski

We have carried out a search for optically visible post-AGB candidates in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). We used mid-IR observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope to select optically visible candidates with a mid-IR excess. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-04 D. Kamath , P. R. Wood , H. Van Winckel

We quadruple the number of quasars known behind the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) from 55 (42 in the LMC fields of the third phase of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE)) to 200 by spectroscopically confirming 169 (144 new)…

Robust reddening maps of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC/SMC) are crucial for a wide range of astrophysical studies, including the calibration of the cosmic distance ladder, investigations of stellar populations in…

We present high resolution blue spectroscopy of an almost complete sample of optical counterparts to massive X-ray binaries in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and derive their spectral classification. We find an spectral type B0II for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ignacio Negueruela , Malcolm J. Coe

Red supergiants (RSGs) are a He-burning phase in the evolution of moderately high mass stars (10-25 solar masses). The evolution of these stars, particularly at low metallicities, is still poorly understood. The latest-type RSGs in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-08-23 Emily M. Levesque , Philip Massey , K. A. G. Olsen , Bertrand Plez

We use the MARCS stellar atmosphere to derive the physical properties of 36 red supergiants (RSGs) in the LMC, and 39 RSGs in the SMC using moderate-resolution optical spectrophotometry (4000-9000A) and broad-band colors (V-R, V-K). The…

This paper examines, compares and plots optical, near- and mid-infrared (MIR) photometric data for 605 planetary nebulae (PNe) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). With the aid of multi-wavelength surveys such as the Spitzer legacy…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Warren A. Reid

The Magellanic Clouds are a local laboratory for understanding the evolution and properties of dwarf irregular galaxies. To reveal the extended structure and interaction history of the Magellanic Clouds we have undertaken a large-scale…

In this study, we conduct a pilot program aimed at the red supergiant population of the Magellanic Clouds. We intend to extend the current known sample to the unexplored low end of the brightness distribution of these stars, building a more…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Carlos González-Fernández , Ricardo Dorda , Ignacio Negueruela , Amparo Marco

We present B, V, R, and H alpha photometry of 8 clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud, 5 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and 3 Galactic clusters, and use 2 color diagrams (2-CDs) to identify candidate Be star populations in these clusters.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 John P. Wisniewski , Karen S. Bjorkman , ;

Galaxy interactions distort the distribution of baryonic matter and can affect star formation. The nearby Magellanic Clouds are a prime example of an ongoing galaxy interaction process. Here we use the intermediate-age ($\sim1$-$10$ Gyr)…

We present reddening maps of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), based on color measurements of the red clump. Reddening values of our maps were obtained by calculating the difference of the observed and…

We present ESO/VLT spectra in the 2.9-4.1 micron range for a large sample of infrared stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), mainly carbon stars, massive oxygen-rich Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars, and red supergiants. Strong…

The characteristics of IR properties and MIR variability of RSGs in the LMC are analyzed based on 12 bands of NIR to MIR co-added data from 2MASS, Spitzer and WISE, and $\sim$6.6 years of MIR time-series data collected by the ALLWISE and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-12 Ming Yang , Alceste Z. Bonanos , Bi-Wei Jiang , Jian Gao , Meng-Yao Xue , Shu Wang , Man I Lam , Zoi T. Spetsieri , Yi Ren , Panagiotis Gavras

Be stars are B-type main-sequence stars that display broad Balmer emission lines in their spectra. Identification of Be population is essential to further examine the formation and evolutionary models. We report the detection of classical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-29 Luqian Wang , Jiao Li , You Wu , Douglas R. Gies , Jin Zhong Liu , Chao Liu , Yanjun Guo , Xuefei Chen , Zhanwen Han

We report on the spectroscopic and photometric analysis of possible optical counterparts to four X-ray sources in the Small Magellanic Cloud: AX J0049.4-7323, AX J0057.4-7325, RX J0058.2-7321 and RX J0101.1-7206. In the case of the last…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 W. R. T. Edge , M. J. Coe