Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Mar 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984apj...278..582f&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 278, March 15, 1984, p. 582-591. Research supported by the Research Corp.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Magellanic Clouds, Star Clusters, Stellar Evolution, Helium, Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, Main Sequence Stars, Stellar Color, Stellar Magnitude, Tables (Data)
Scientific paper
Ages of intermediate-age Large Magellanic Cloud star clusters have been estimated without locating the faint, unevolved portion of cluster main sequences. Six clusters with established color-magnitude diagrams were selected for study: SL 868, NGC 1783, NGC 1868, NGC 2121, NGC 2209, and NGC 2231. Since red giant photometry is more accurate than the necessarily fainter main-sequence photometry, the distributions of red giants on the cluster color-magnitude diagrams were compared to a grid of 33 stellar evolutionary tracks, evolved from the main sequence through core-helium exhaustion, spanning the expected mass and metallicity range for Magellanic Cloud cluster red giants. The time-dependent behavior of the luminosity of the model red giants was used to estimate cluster ages from the observed cluster red giant luminosities. Except for the possibility of SL 868 being an old globular cluster, all clusters studied were found to have ages less than 10 to the 9th yr. It is concluded that there is currently no substantial evidence for a major cluster population of large, populous clusters greater than 10 to the 9th yr old in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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