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The nearby Magellanic Clouds system covers more than 200 square degrees on the sky. Much of it has been mapped across the electromagnetic spectrum at high angular resolution and sensitivity X-ray (XMM-Newton), UV (UVIT), optical (SMASH), IR…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-03 Clara M. Pennock , Jacco Th. van Loon , Cameron Bell , Miroslav Filipović , Tana Joseph , Eleni Vardoulaki

We present J, H, Ks photometry from the the Multi conjugate Adaptive optics Demonstrator (MAD), a visitor instrument at the VLT, of a resolved stellar population in a small crowded field in the bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud near the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 G. Fiorentino , E. Tolstoy , E. Diolaiti , E. Valenti , M. Cignoni , A. D. Mackey

We identify 71 distant stars in JWST/NIRCam ERO images of the field of galaxy cluster SMACS J0723.3-7327 (SMACS 0723). Given the relatively small ($\sim$$10^{\circ}$) angular separation between SMACS 0723 and the Large Magellanic Cloud, it…

Understanding the kinematic behaviour of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) remains a challenge addressed by many authors using diverse approaches. Over time, increasing observational evidence has accumulated for tidal perturbations induced…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-10 Denis M. F. Illesca , Andrés E. Piatti , Matías Chiarpotti , Roberto Butrón

We present the first edition of a catalog of variable stars found in the Magellanic Clouds using OGLE-II data obtained during four years: 1997-2000. The catalog covers about 7 square degrees of the sky - 21 fields in the Large Magellanic…

The average of 14 recent measurements of the distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) implies a true modulus of 18.50 +- 0.02 mag, and demonstrates a trend in the past 2 years of convergence toward a standard value. The distance…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 David R. Alves

We identify a vertical extension of the red clump stars in the color magnitude diagram (CMD) of a section of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). After subtracting the principal red clump component, we find a peak in the residual stellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Dennis Zaritsky , D. N. C. Lin

We present results of a search for extremely metal-poor (EMP) stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which can provide crucial information about the properties of the first stars as well as on the formation conditions prevalent during the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-12 W. S. Oh , T. Nordlander , G. S. Da Costa , M. S. Bessell , A. D. Mackey

We present spectral classifications from optical spectroscopy of 263 massive stars in the north-eastern region of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The observed two-degree field includes the massive 30 Doradus star-forming region, the environs of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-18 C. J. Evans , J. Th. van Loon , R. Hainich , M. Bailey

Absolute proper motions are determined for stars and galaxies to V=17.5 over a 450 square-degree area that encloses both Magellanic Clouds. The proper motions are based on photographic and CCD observations of the Yale/San Juan Southern…

We present the first fully and uniformly sampled, spatially complete HI survey of the entire Magellanic System with high velocity resolution, performed with the Parkes Telescope. The final data-cubes have an rms noise of sigma ~ 0.05 K and…

We present the first results from the Swift Ultraviolet Survey of the Magellanic Clouds (SUMaC), the highest resolution ultraviolet (UV) survey of the Magellanic Clouds yet completed. In this paper, we focus on the Small Magellanic Cloud…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-04-19 Lea M. Z. Hagen , Michael H. Siegel , Erik A. Hoversten , Caryl Gronwall , Stefan Immler , Alex Hagen

Investigating star formation requires precise knowledge of the properties of the dense molecular gas. The low metallicity and wide range of star formation activity of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds make them prime laboratories to…

The Galactic bulge and bar are critical to our understanding of the Milky Way. However, due to the lack of reliable stellar distances, the structure and kinematics of the bulge/bar beyond the Galactic center have remained largely…

Using Blue Horizontal Branch stars identified in the Dark Energy Survey Year 1 data, we report the detection of an extended and lumpy stellar debris distribution around the Magellanic Clouds. At the heliocentric distance of the Clouds,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-23 Vasily Belokurov , Sergey Koposov

We investigate the red supergiant (RSG) content of the SMC and LMC using multi-object spectroscopy on a sample of red stars previously identified by {\it BVR} CCD photometry. We obtained high accuracy ($<1$ km s$^{-1}$) radial velocities…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Philip Massey , K. A. G. Olsen

We present measurements of positions and relative proper motions in the 30 Doradus region of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We detail the construction of a single-epoch astrometric reference frame, based on specially-designed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-16 I. Platais , R. P. van der Marel , D. J. Lennon , J. Anderson , A. Bellini , E. Sabbi , H. Sana , L. R. Bedin

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

New star cluster candidates projected toward the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (L/SMC) have been recently discovered from relatively deep imaging surveys. We here conduct a sound analysis of 24 star cluster candidates located in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-10 Andrés E. Piatti