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We have undertaken a detailed analysis of HST/WFPC2 and STIS imaging observations, and of supplementary wide-field ground-based observations obtained with the NTT of two young ~10-25 Myr) compact star clusters in the LMC, NGC 1805 and NGC…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. de Grijs , R. A. Johnson , G. F. Gilmore , C. M. Frayn

We review the complications involved in the conversion of stellar luminosities into masses and apply a range of mass-to-luminosity relations to our Hubble Space Telescope observations of the young LMC star clusters NGC 1805 and NGC 1818.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. de Grijs , G. F. Gilmore , R. A. Johnson , A. D. Mackey

We present colour-magnitude diagrams for two rich (~10^4 Msun) Large Magellanic Cloud star clusters with ages ~10^7 years, constructed from optical and near-infrared data obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope. These data are part of an…

We use deep Hubble Space Telescope photometry of the rich, young (~20-45 Myr-old) star cluster NGC 1818 in the Large Magellanic Cloud to derive its stellar mass function (MF) down to ~0.15 Msun. This represents the deepest robust MF thus…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Q. Liu , R. de Grijs , L. C. Deng , Y. Hu , I. Baraffe , S. F. Beaulieu

We present the results of our investigation on the phenomenon of mass segregation in young star clusters in the Magellanic Clouds. HST/WFPC2 observations on NGC 1818, NGC 2004 & NGC 2100 in the Large Magellanic Cloud and NGC 330 in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. Gouliermis , S. C. Keller , M. Kontizas , E. Kontizas , I. Bellas-Velidis

The rich star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) are ideal for studying the process of star formation. Here we focus on the determination of age spreads amongst the massive stars in two young clusters, NGC1818 and NGC1805. We…

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

Context. We use Hubble Space Telescope photometry of six rich, compact star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), with ages ranging from 0.01 to 1.0 Gyr, to derive the clusters' stellar mass functions (MFs) at their half-mass radii.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Q. Liu , R. de Grijs , L. C. Deng , Y. Hu , S. F. Beaulieu

We present the detailed analysis of Hubble Space Telescope observations of the spatial distributions of different stellar species in two young compact star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), NGC 1805 and NGC 1818. Based on a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Richard de Grijs , Gerry F. Gilmore , Rachel A. Johnson

We present CCD photometric and mass function study of 9 young Large Magellanic Cloud star clusters namely NGC 1767, NGC 1994, NGC 2002, NGC 2003, NGC 2006, SL 538, NGC 2011, NGC 2098 and NGC 2136. The BVRI data reaching down to V ~ 21 mag,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 B. Kumar , R. Sagar , J. Melnick

We present the detailed analysis of Hubble Space Telescope observations of the spatial distributions of different stellar species in two young compact star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud, NGC 1805 and NGC 1818. Based on a comparison…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Richard de Grijs , Gerry Gilmore , Rachel Johnson

(abridged) We present a comprehensive study of stellar stratification in young star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We apply our recently developed effective radius method for the assessment of stellar stratification on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Dimitrios A. Gouliermis , Dougal Mackey , Yu Xin , Boyke Rochau

Young and intermediate-age star clusters of both Magellanic Clouds exhibit complex color-magnitude diagrams. In addition to the extended main-sequence turn-offs (eMSTOs), commonly observed in star clusters younger than ~2 Gyr, the clusters…

Recent discoveries have put the picture of stellar clusters being simple stellar populations into question. In particular, the color-magnitude diagrams of intermediate age (1-2 Gyr) massive clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) show…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Florian Niederhofer , Michael Hilker , Nate Bastian , Esteban Silva-Villa

Star clusters in 6 nearby spiral galaxies are examined using archive images from HST/WFPC2. The galaxies have previously been studied from the ground and some of them are known to possess rich populations of "young massive clusters" (YMCs).…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Soeren S. Larsen

In this contribution I will present the current status of our project of stellar population analyses and spatial information of both Magellanic Clouds (MCs). The Magellanic Clouds - especially the LMC with its large size and small depth…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jochen M. Braun

The distribution of core radii of rich clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) systematically increases in both upper limit and spread with increasing cluster age. Cluster-to-cluster variations in the stellar initial mass function…

We present deep luminosity functions derived from HST STIS data for three rich LMC clusters (NGC 1805, NGC 1868, and NGC 2209), and for one Galactic globular cluster (NGC 6553). All of the LMC cluster luminosity functions are roughly…

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

We exploit the astro-photometric dataset of the multi-epoch infrared parallel field of a $\textit{Hubble Space Telescope}$ Large Programme aimed at studying the faintest stars of the globular cluster NGC$\,$6752 to determine the luminosity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-07 M. Scalco , R. Gerasimov , L. R. Bedin , E. Vesperini , D. Nardiello , M. Salaris , A. Burgasser , J. Anderson , M. Libralato , A. Bellini , P. Rosati

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

We used resolved star counts from Hubble Space Telescope images to determine the center of gravity and the projected density profiles of 6 old globular clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), namely NGC 1466, NGC 1841, NGC 1898, NGC…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 B. Lanzoni , F. R. Ferraro , E. Dalessandro , M. Cadelano , C. Pallanca , S. Raso , A. Mucciarelli , G. Beccari , P. Focardi , -
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