The star clusters of the Magellanic Clouds

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作者
Mackey, A. D. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Edinburgh, Inst Astron, Royal Observ, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, Midlothian, Scotland
来源
AGES OF STARS | 2009年 / 258期
关键词
Magellanic Clouds; galaxies: individual (Large Magellanic Cloud; Small Magellanic; Cloud); galaxies: star clusters; galaxies: formation; galaxies: evolution; SURFACE BRIGHTNESS PROFILES; STELLAR POPULATION-MODELS; COLOR-MAGNITUDE DIAGRAMS; NEAR-INFRARED COLORS; FORMATION HISTORY; GLOBULAR-CLUSTERS; AGE-DETERMINATION; ADVANCED CAMERA; STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; PROPER MOTION;
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10.1017/S1743921309031925
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The Magellanic Clouds possess extensive systems of rich star clusters. These objects span a wide range in age and metal abundance, and are close enough to be fully resolved into individual stars. They represent the most accessible examples of such clusters and are therefore key to a wide variety of astronomical research. In this contribution I describe recent results from work on several problems in Magellanic Cloud cluster astronomy of relevance to The Ages of Stars. These include testing and constraining stellar evolution and simple stellar population models, investigating the formation and evolution of the Clouds themselves, and the discovery of several intermediate-age clusters which apparently possess more than one stellar population.
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