FAUST far ultraviolet observations of Shapley's wing in the SMC-LMC bridge.

Details FAUST far ultraviolet observations of Shapley's wing in the SMC-LMC bridge. FAUST far ultraviolet observations of Shapley's wing in the SMC-LMC bridge.

May 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995a%26a...297..338c&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.297, p.338

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10

Magellanic Clouds, Galaxies: Interactions, Galaxies: Stellar Content, Ultraviolet: Galaxies

Scientific paper

The Small Magellanic Cloud-Large Magellanic Cloud (SMC-LMC) bridge has been the subject of a limited number of studies. It is the closest bridge among a number of known intergalactic bridges situated in groups of galaxies. Because of tidal interactions, star formation is likely to be very active in these bridges, and the details of these interactions can be investigated through the study of hot stars; UV wide-field telescopes are especially suited to this class of work. A new such observation of the SMC in the far UV (1400-1800A) was obtained with the FAUST telescope (SSL, Berkeley; LAS, Marseille) flown aboard the space shuttle in March, 1992 as part of the ATLAS-1 mission. A previous detection by the Very-Wide-Field Camera (VWFC; LAS, Marseille) aboard Spacelab-1 revealed the stellar UV contribution of the Shapley Wing of the SMC in the direction of the LMC. The much deeper (4.6 magnitudes) FAUST observations, with a resolution thrice better than that of the VWFC, confirm this extension as part of the bridge and allow a clear identification of 29 UV-bright stars with known optical spectrophotometry and radial velocities.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

FAUST far ultraviolet observations of Shapley's wing in the SMC-LMC bridge. does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with FAUST far ultraviolet observations of Shapley's wing in the SMC-LMC bridge., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and FAUST far ultraviolet observations of Shapley's wing in the SMC-LMC bridge. will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1055965