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We derive structural parameters and evidence for extended tidal debris from star count and preliminary standard candle analyses of the Large Magellanic Cloud based on Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) data. The full-sky coverage and low…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-07 Martin D. Weinberg , Sergei Nikolaev

We have used the latest HI observations of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), obtained with the Australia Telescope Compact Array and the Parkes telescope, to re-examine the kinematics of this dwarf, irregular galaxy. A large velocity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Stanimirovic , L. Staveley-Smith , P. Jones

We determine the geometrical and viewing angle parameters of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) using the Leavitt law based on a sample of more than $3500$ common classical Cepheids (FU and FO) in optical ($V,I$), near-infrared ($JHK_{s}$)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-16 Sukanta Deb , Chow-Choong Ngeow , Shashi M. Kanbur , Harinder P. Singh , Daniel Wysocki , Subhash Kumar

We modeled the kinematics of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) by analyzing the proper motion (PM) from Gaia DR3 of nine different stellar populations, which include young main sequence (MS) stars (< 2 Gyr), red giant branch stars, red clump…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-03 S. R. Dhanush , A. Subramaniam , S. Subramanian

We present results obtained from spectroscopic observations of red giants located in the fields of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) globular clusters (GCs) NGC 1928 and NGC 1939. We used the GMOS and AAOmega+2dF spectrographs to obtain…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-29 A. E. Piatti , N. Hwang , A. A. Cole , M. S. Angelo , B. Emptage

Taking advantage of the near-infrared calcium triplet lines, we determine metallicities for a sample of more than 3,500 red giant stars in the field of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). We find a median metallicity of [Fe/H]=-1.05$\pm$0.01…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-04 M. Navabi , R. Carrera , N. E. D. Noël , M. De Leo

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) has been observed by both the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) in the mid-infrared and the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) in the near-infrared. We have performed a cross-correlation of the 1806 MSX…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Michael P. Egan , Schuyler D. Van Dyk , Stephan D. Price

Previous studies showed that an estimate of the likelihood distribution of the Milky Way halo mass can be derived using the properties of the satellites similar to the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC). However, it would be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Roberto E. Gonzalez , Andrey V. Kravtsov , Nickolay Y. Gnedin

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is the closest and most studied example of an irregular galaxy. Among its principal defining morphological features, its off-centred bar and single spiral arm stand out, defining a whole family of galaxies…

We provide atmospheric parameters and rotational velocities of a large sample (~400) of O- and early B-type stars, analysed in a homogeneous and consistent manner, for use in constraining theoretical models. Comparison of the rotational…

The proximity of the Magellanic Clouds provides the opportunity to study interacting dwarf galaxies near a massive host, and spatial trends in their stellar population properties in particular, with a unique level of detail. The Scylla pure…

We study the morphology of the stellar periphery of the Magellanic Clouds in search of substructure using near-infrared imaging data from the VISTA Hemisphere Survey (VHS). Based on the selection of different stellar populations using the…

The Magellanic Cloud system represents a unique laboratory for study of both interacting dwarf galaxies and the ongoing process of the formation of the Milky Way and its halo. We focus on one aspect of this complex, 3 body interaction - the…

Polarization of interstellar dust emission is a powerful probe of dust properties and magnetic field structure. Yet studies of external galaxies are hampered by foreground dust contribution. The aim of this study is to separate the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-11-30 D. Alina , J. -Ph. Bernard , K. H. Yuen , A. Lazarian , A. Hughes , M. Iskakova , A. Akimkhan , A. Mukanova

The zero point of the reddening toward the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) has been the subject of some dispute. Its uncertainty propagates as a systematic error for methods which measure the extragalactic distance scale through knowledge of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-14 David M. Nataf , Santi Cassisi , Luca Casagrande , Wenlong Yuan , Adam G. Riess

We revisit the subject of Be star candidates towards the Magellanic Clouds, previously studied by the authors using SPM4 proper motions. We obtain GAIA DR2 parallaxes and proper motions for 2357 and 994 LMC and SMC Be candidates,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-09 Katherine Vieira , Alejandro García-Varela , Beatriz Sabogal , Leandro Rocha Rímulo , Jesús Hernández

We present a new distance determination to the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds using the newly developed red clump stars method (Paczynski and Stanek 1998). This new, single-step, Hipparcos calibrated method seems to be one of the most…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Udalski , M. Szymanski , M. Kubiak , G. Pietrzynski , P. Wozniak , K. Zebrun

Zaritsky and Lin have recently suggested that the color magnitude diagram of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) contains evidence of foreground red clump stars. They interpret this as evidence of tidal debris or a dwarf galaxy at a distance…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 David P. Bennett

It has been recently shown from observational data sets the variation of structural parameters and internal dynamical evolution of star clusters in the Milky Way and in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), caused by the different gravitational…

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

We present a detailed investigation of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) disk using classical Cepheids. Our analysis is based on optical (I,V; OGLE-IV), near-infrared (NIR: J,H,Ks) and mid-infrared (MIR: w1; WISE) mean magnitudes. By…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-07 L. Inno , G. Bono , N. Matsunaga , G. Fiorentino , M. Marconi , B. Lemasle , R. da Silva , I. Soszyński , A. Udalski , M. Romaniello , H. -W. Rix