1997PASP..109..292S

To expand on the recent single WFPC2 field obtained in the vicinity of this cluster, we have measured the luminosity function in a one-third by one-half degree field in the LMC with the 40 inch telescope at Siding Spring Observator. Combining our results with recent 4-meter and WFPC2 observations, we examine the constraints on the star formation history of the field from 10⁸ to 10¹⁰ years ago. The simple model derived from the WFPC2 data with and increase in the star formation rate ∼ 3 Gyrs ago fits the combined data. However, this rate increase seems to have been unigque. This event notwithstanding, the smooth luminosity function from V = 16 to V = 22 suggests steady star formation rather than a star formation history dominated by intense bursts.