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The Star Formation History of the Magellanic Clouds: A Preliminary Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Jason Harris ,
Dennis Zaritsky ,
Eva K. Grebel  and
Ian Thompson
Jason Harris
Affiliation:
UCO/Lick Observatory and Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Dennis Zaritsky
Affiliation:
UCO/Lick Observatory and Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Eva K. Grebel
Affiliation:
UCO/Lick Observatory and Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Ian Thompson
Affiliation:
Observatories of the Carnegie Institute of Washington, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA

Abstract

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We present a method to determine the star formation history (SFH) of a mixed stellar population, based on an iterative maximum Likelihood comparison of stellar photometry to model color-magnitude diagrams. We demonstrate the algorithm on a subregion of the Large Magellanic Cloud, observed as part of our ongoing Magellanic Clouds Photometric Survey. We will eventually perform this analysis on hundreds of regions in both Clouds, resulting in a homogeneous SFH map of these galaxies.

Type
Part 5. Stellar Populations and Surveys
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 190: New Views of the Magellanic Clouds , 1999 , pp. 347 - 348
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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