Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-07-06
Astron.J.138:510-516, 2009
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
36 pages, 24 figures (127 spectra mostly OB stars, 4 field images). Published in The Astronomical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1088/0004-6256/138/2/510
We present a spectroscopic study of the N159/N160 massive-star forming region south of 30 Doradus in the Large Magellanic Cloud, classifying a total of 189 stars in the field of the complex. Most of them belong to O and early B spectral classes; we have also found some uncommon and very interesting spectra, including members of the Onfp class, a Be P Cygni star, and some possible multiple systems. Using spectral types as broad indicators of evolutionary stages, we considered the evolutionary status of the region as a whole. We infer that massive stars at different evolutionary stages are present throughout the region, favoring the idea of a common time for the origin of recent star formation in the N159/N160 complex as a whole, while sequential star formation at different rates is probably present in several subregions.
Barba Rodolfo H.
Bosch Guillermo L.
Fariña Cecilia
Morrell Nidia I.
Walborn Nolan R.
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