Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 1984
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(Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Symposium on Stellar Populations, Santa Cruz, CA, July 1984) Astronomical Society of the P
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Magellanic Clouds, Star Clusters, Stellar Evolution, Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars, Early Stars, Giant Stars, Globular Clusters, Late Stars, M Stars, Stellar Color, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Magnitude
Scientific paper
The article considers evidence for an old metal-poor population in the Magellanic Clouds corresponding to that of the Galactic halo, and evidence for subsequent star-forming episodes. Particular emphasis is placed on cluster research and on observations of bright giants in clusters and the field as a means to understand the past and present stellar content of the Clouds. The color-magnitude diagrams and luminosity functions for bright giants in clusters and in a selected field of the LMC are compared to see if the stellar content of the field can be reproduced by a superposition of clusters. The small, but growing body of data on the chemical enrichment history of the Clouds is considered. Finally, some remarks on the gaseous content of the Clouds, and the implication for present-day star formation, are made.
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