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We traced the age of the last star formation event (LSFE) in the inner Large & Small Magellanic Cloud (L&SMC) using the photometric data from the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE-III) and the Magellanic Cloud Photometric…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 G Indu , Annapurni Subramaniam

We present an analysis of the spatial distribution of various stellar populations within the Large Magellanic Cloud. We combine mid-infrared selected young stellar objects, optically selected samples with mean ages between ~9 and ~1000 Myr,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-24 Nate Bastian , Mark Gieles , Barbara Ercolano , Rob Gutermuth

We present our analysis of archival Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) observations in F450W (~B) and F555W (~V) of the intermediate- age populous star clusters NGC 121, NGC 339, NGC 361, NGC 416, and Kron 3 in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Kenneth J. Mighell , Ata Sarajedini , Rica S. French

We use the Wide Field Camera 3 onboard the Hubble Space Telescope to obtain deep, high-resolution photometry of the young (age ~ 300 Myr) star cluster NGC1856 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. We compare the observed colour-magnitude diagram…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Matteo Correnti , Paul Goudfrooij , Thomas H. Puzia , Selma E. de Mink

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…

The evolution of star clusters in the Magellanic Clouds has been the subject of significant recent controversy, particularly regarding the importance and length of the earliest, largely mass-independent disruption phase (referred to as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Richard de Grijs , Simon P. Goodwin

Aims: To investigate a possible dependence between age and metallicity in the Magellanic Clouds (MCs) from a study of small open star clusters, using Str\"{o}mgren photometry. Our goal is to trace evidence of an age metallicity relation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-12 E. Livanou , A. Dapergolas , M. Kontizas , B. Nordström , E. Kontizas , J. Andersen , B. Dirsch , A. Karampelas

We present integrated photometry and color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) for 24 star clusters in M33, of which 12 were previously uncataloged. These results are based on Advanced Camera for Surveys observations from the Hubble Space Telescope…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Ata Sarajedini , M. K. Barker , Doug Geisler , Paul Harding , Robert Schommer

(ABRIDGED) The evolution and structure of the Magellanic Clouds is presently under debate. The classical scenario where both the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC, SMC) are orbiting the Milky Way has been challenged by an alternative…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-06-08 Bruno Dias , Leandro Kerber , Beatriz Barbuy , Eduardo Bica , Sergio Ortolani

We offer a new way to look at the Large Magellanic Cloud through stellar mono-abundance and mono-age-mono-abundance maps. These maps are based on $\gtrsim 500\,000$ member stars with photo-spectroscopic [M/H] and age estimates from Gaia DR3…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-14 Neige Frankel , Rene Andrae , Hans-Walter Rix , Joshua Povick , Vedant Chandra

Nearly all the star clusters with ages of ~1-2 Gyr in both Magellanic Clouds exhibit an extended main-sequence turn off (eMSTO) whose origin is under debate. The main scenarios suggest that the eMSTO could be either due to multiple…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 A. P. Milone , A. F. Marino , F. D'Antona , L. R. Bedin , G. S. Da Costa , H. Jerjen , A. D. Mackey

Star formation is a hierarchical process, forming young stellar structures of star clusters, associations, and complexes over a wide scale range. The star-forming complex in the bar region of the Large Magellanic Cloud is investigated with…

We analyse deep images from the VISTA survey of the Magellanic Clouds in the YJKs filters, covering 14 sqrdeg (10 tiles), split into 120 subregions, and comprising the main body and Wing of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). We apply a…

Spectra of galaxies contain an enormous amount of information about the relative mixture of ages and metallicities of constituent stars. We present a comprehensive study designed to extract the maximum information from spectra of data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Marsha J. Wolf , Niv Drory , Karl Gebhardt , Gary J. Hill

We present results on the age and metallicity estimates of the astonishingly unstudied SMC cluster ESO 51-SC09, from CCD BVI photometry obtained at the ESO NTT with the EMMI attached. ESO 51-SC09 turns out to be a relatively small cluster…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Andrés E. Piatti

We compare the observed colour-magnitude diagrams (CMD) and the main sequence luminosity functions (LFs) of four Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) star clusters namely, NGC 1711, NGC 2004, NGC 2164 and NGC 2214 with the synthetic ones derived…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Annapurni Subramaniam , Ram Sagar

The Magellanic System (MS) encompasses the nearest neighbors of the Milky Way, the Large (LMC) and Small (SMC) Magellanic Clouds, and the Magellanic Bridge (MBR). This system contains a diverse sample of star clusters. Their parameters,…

We present details of the database from a large Cycle 7 HST project to study the formation and evolution of rich star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (see Elson et al., this volume). Our data set, which includes NICMOS, WFPC2 and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. F. Beaulieu , R. Elson , G. Gilmore , R. A. Johnson , N. Tanvir , B. Santiago

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)…

The color-magnitude diagram (CMD) of the intermediate-age Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) star cluster NGC 2154 and its adjacent field, has been analyzed using Padova stellar models to determine the cluster's fundamental parameters and its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Gustavo Baume , Giovanni Carraro , Edgardo Costa , Rene' A. Mendez B. , Leo Girardi