scholarly journals Glazar-2: A Wide-Field Camera Aboard the MIR Space Station

1994 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 55-56
Author(s):  
H.M. Tovmassian ◽  
Y.M. Khodjayants ◽  
M.N. Krmoyan ◽  
R.V. Isadjanian ◽  
O.N. Gasparian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Space Station ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Late Type ◽  
Uv Imaging ◽  
Imaging Telescope ◽  
Stellar Associations

In 1987 the UV imaging telescope Glazar (Tovmassian et al. 1988) was launched to the Mir Space Station. Its sensitivity was lower than was expected. For this reason the UV survey of the sky was not done and only observations of OB stellar associations were made. The fields of about 15 stellar associations and of the Large Magellanic Cloud were observed. Only images of O, B or early A type stars were obtained on the Glazar photographs at 1640 å. The observations allowed the detection of an average ∼ 15 % new, unknown OB type stars in each of the observed fields, the discovery of hot unknown components of some late type stars and a detailed study of the distribution of stars in space. Some new, unknown OB stellar associations were discovered and more correct distances of stellar associations were determined. The distribution of the absorbing matter was also studied. New, B-type stellar associations, named B were discovered.

Wide Field Star Count Mapping of Large Scale Areas of Star Formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud

1994 ◽  
pp. 516-517
Author(s):  
E. Kontizas ◽  
S. E. Maravelias ◽  
A. Dapergolas ◽  
Y. Bellas-Velidis ◽  
M. Kontizas
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Field Star ◽  
Star Count

scholarly journals The HI Supergiant Shells in the Large Magellanic Cloud

1997 ◽  
Vol 166 ◽  
pp. 521-524
Author(s):  
S. Kim ◽  
L. Staveley-Smith ◽  
R.J. Sault ◽  
M.J. Kesteven ◽  
D. McConnell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Differential Rotation ◽  
Spiral Structure ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Aperture Synthesis ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Combined Action ◽  
Compact Array

AbstractWe present the result of an HI aperture synthesis mosaic of the Large Magellanic cloud (LMC), made recently with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). The resolution of the mosaiced images is l′.0 (15 pc, using a distance to the LMC of 50 kpc). In contrast to its appearance at other wavelengths, the LMC is remarkably symmetrical in HI on the largest scales, with the bulk of the HI residing in a disk of diameter 8.°4 (7.3 kpc). Outer spiral structure is clearly seen, though the features appear to be due to differential rotation, therefore transient in nature. On small to medium scales, the combined action of numerous shells and supershells dominate the structures and motions of the HI gas in the LMC. A good correlation is seen between supershells previously identified in Hα (e.g. Meaburn 1980) and HI structures. We compare the results with a new wide-field Hα image.

scholarly journals A Photometric Survey of Field Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud: Probing its Star-Formation History

1999 ◽  
Vol 190 ◽  
pp. 343-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. A. Smecker-Hane ◽  
J. S. Gallagher ◽  
Andrew Cole ◽  
P. B. Stetson ◽  
E. Tolstoy
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Galaxy Evolution ◽  
Stellar Population ◽  
Formation Rate ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Star Formation History ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Formation History ◽  
Magnitude Diagram

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is unique among galaxies in the Local Group in that it is the most massive non-spiral, is relatively gas-rich, and is actively forming stars. Determining its star-formation rate (SFR) as a function of time will be a cornerstone in our understanding of galaxy evolution. The best method of deriving a galaxy's past SFR is to compare the densities of stars in a color-magnitude diagram (CMD), a Hess diagram, with model Hess diagrams. The LMC has a complex stellar population with ages ranging from 0 to ~ 14 Gyr and metallicities from −2 ≲ [Fe/H] ≲ −0.4, and deriving its SFR and simultaneously constraining model input parameters (distance, age-metallicity relation, reddening, and stellar models) requires well-populated CMDs that span the magnitude range 15 ≤ V ≤ 24. Although existing CMDs of field stars in the LMC show tantalizing evidence for a significant burst of star formation that occurred ~ 3 Gyr ago (for examples, see Westerlund et al. 1995; Vallenari et al. 1996; Elson, et al. 1997; Gallagher et al. 1999, and references therein), estimates of the enhancement in the SFR vary from factors of 3 to 50. This uncertainty is caused by the relatively large photometric errors that plague crowded ground-based images, and the small number statistics that plague CMDs created from single Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) images.

scholarly journals Large scale distribution of gas, dust and stars deduced from observations from the UV to the IR

1991 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
pp. 69-70
Author(s):  
J. Koornneef
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Cross Correlation ◽  
Stellar Population ◽  
Dust Emission ◽  
Interstellar Extinction ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Stellar Associations

We introduce an as yet unpublished set of OAO-II observations of stellar associations in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Cross-correlation of the photometric characteristics of these fields with the infrared fluxes at these same positions obtained by the IRAS satellite provides information on the local stellar population, the amounts of interstellar extinction and thermal dust emission.

scholarly journals Exploring the nature and synchronicity of early cluster formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud – IV. Evidence for multiple populations in Hodge 11 and NGC 2210

2019 ◽  
Vol 486 (4) ◽  
pp. 5581-5599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina K Gilligan ◽  
Brian Chaboyer ◽  
Jeffrey D Cummings ◽  
Dougal Mackey ◽  
Roger E Cohen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Globular Clusters ◽  
Main Sequence ◽  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Cluster Formation ◽  
Stellar Populations ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Horizontal Branch ◽  
Advanced Camera For Surveys

Abstract We present a multiple population search in two old Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) Globular clusters, Hodge 11 and NGC 2210. This work uses data from the Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope from programme GO-14164 in Cycle 23. Both of these clusters exhibit a broadened main sequence with the second population representing (20 ± ∼5) per cent for NGC 2210 and (30 ± ∼5) per cent for Hodge 11. In both clusters, the smaller population is redder than the primary population, suggesting CNO variations. Hodge 11 also displays a bluer second population in the horizontal branch, which is evidence for helium enhancement. However, even though NGC 2210 shows similarities to Hodge 11 in the main sequence, there does not appear to be a second population on NGC 2210’s horizontal branch. This is the first photometric evidence that ancient LMC Globular clusters exhibit multiple stellar populations.

scholarly journals A precise and accurate distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud from late-type eclipsing-binary systems

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S289) ◽  
pp. 169-172
Author(s):  
G. Pietrzyński ◽  
W. Gieren ◽  
D. Graczyk ◽  
I. Thompson ◽  
B. Pilecki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Binary Systems ◽  
Zero Point ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Distance Scale ◽  
Late Type ◽  
Eclipsing Binary ◽  
Extragalactic Distance Scale

AbstractWe present a precise and accurate measurement of the distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud based on late-type eclipsing-binary systems. Our results provide curently the most accurate zero point for the extragalactic distance scale.

New Proper Motions of the Small Magellanic Cloud Using HST and Implications for Milky Way Mass

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (S334) ◽  
pp. 394-395
Author(s):  
P. Zivick ◽  
N. Kallivayalil ◽  
S. Linden ◽  
T. Fritz ◽  
G. Besla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Milky Way ◽  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Small Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Proper Motions ◽  
Exact Mass ◽  
History Of ◽  
Magellanic Stream

AbstractAs new work on the proper motions (PMs) of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) has come out, our view of the history of the Magellanic Clouds has evolved. We now believe they are on their first infall into the Milky Way (MW), having been tidally bound at the start of infall (though not necessarily now). Combining these observations with initial PMs of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) suggests a new formation mechanism of the Magellanic Stream through the stripping of material from the SMC. However, large uncertainties remain in the exact mass of the LMC. We present a measurement of the systemic proper motions of the SMC from astrometry with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), covering a ~3 year baseline of 30 fields with background QSOs. We find these motions to be μW = −0.82 ± 0.06 mas/yr and μN = −1.23 ± 0.07 mas/yr. Combining these measurements with previous efforts in studying the Clouds will help constrain their interactions with each other and the MW, including the mass of the LMC and the MW, as well as provide new insight into the internal dynamics of the SMC.

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