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Dating Star Clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Andrea V. Ahumada
Affiliation:
Observatorio Astronómico, UNC, Laprida 854, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina
Juan J. Clariá
Affiliation:
Observatorio Astronómico, UNC, Laprida 854, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina
Eduardo Bica
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, UFRGS, Av. B. Gonçalves, 9500, CP 15051, CEP 91501-970, Porto Alegre RS, Brazil
Carlos M. Dutra
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, UFRGS, Av. B. Gonçalves, 9500, CP 15051, CEP 91501-970, Porto Alegre RS, Brazil

Abstract

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We have mainly estimated ages and foreground interstellar reddening values for 15 SMC concentrated star clusters, from integrated spectra in the range (3600–6800) Å. Most of the sample are young blue objects (6–60 Myr), while L28, NGC 643 and L 114 are found to be intermediate-age clusters (1–6 Gyr). The present data also constitute a spectral library at the metallicity level of SMC clusters.

Type
Part 4. Star Cluster Formation and Evolution: Theory and Observation
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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