On the detection of the first extragalactic classical chemically peculiar stars

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Jun 2001

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Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.371, p.L5-L8 (2001)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Galaxies: Magellanic Clouds, Stars: Chemically Peculiar, Stars: Early-Type

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We report on the detection of the first extragalactic, classical chemically peculiar (CP) stars more than 100 years after the discovery of this group. Using the tool of CCD Delta a-photometry, eight definite positive detections in the globular-like stellar cluster NGC 1866 and its surrounding in the Large Magellanic Cloud were made. More than 1950 objects within a radius of 9.5arcmin of the cluster center down to 20.5 magnitude were observed in this three filter, narrow band photometric system. Averaging more than 70 individual frames for all three filters yielded a 3sigma detection limit of 0.015 mag for stars with V=20 mag. Furthermore we found three objects with significantly negative Delta a-values indicating either an Ae/shell or lambda Bootis nature. The overall percentage of chemically peculiar stars for NGC 1866 (1.5%) seems lower than for the majority of open clusters in our Milky Way whereas the incidence within the LMC field is decisively less (0.3%). Based on observations obtained at Complejo Astronómico el Leoncito (CASLEO), operated under the agreement between the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de la República Argentina and the National Universities of La Plata, Córdoba y San Juan.

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