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Masses of Old LMC Globular Clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

K. C. Freeman  and
Chun Munsuk
K. C. Freeman
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories The Australian National University
Chun Munsuk
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories The Australian National University
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Globular clusters in the Galaxy are all old objects, with ages of about 1010 years. The LMC is quite different: its globular clusters have ages anywhere between about 5 × 106 years and 1010 years. It is important to find out why globular clusters can form now in the LMC but not in the Galaxy; the galactic globulars play a major role in our picture of the early history of the Galaxy, and it is obviously desirable that we should understand the conditions under which these clusters can form.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , October 1972 , pp. 151 - 152
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1972

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