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Recent Star Formation History of the Magellanic Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Eva K. Grebel
Affiliation:
UCO/Lick Observatory, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Wolfgang Brandner
Affiliation:
JPL/IPAC, Mail Code 100-22, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Abstract

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A new age calibration of Cepheids and supergiants is used to study the large-scale recent star formation history of the LMC and the SMC. We find evidence for migration of star formation along the LMC bar as well as for the existence of long-lived (≈ 200 Myr) extended star-forming features.

Type
Part 6. Stellar Clusters
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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