1998AJ....116..738S


Query : 1998AJ....116..738S

1998AJ....116..738S - Astron. J., 116, 738-747 (1998/August-0)

Three populous clusters discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud age gap.

SARAJEDINI A.

Abstract (from CDS):

In the process of searching the Hubble Space Telescope archive, we have serendipitously discovered three populous Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) clusters with ages that place them in the LMC ``age gap.'' These clusters–NGC 2155, SL 663, and NGC 2121–turn out to have [Fe/H] ∼ -1.0 and ages of ∼ 4 Gyr. This puts them in the ``age gap'' between the intermediate-age LMC clusters, the oldest of which are ∼ 2.5 Gyr old, and ESO 121-SC03, which has an age of ∼ 9 Gyr. The addition of these three clusters to the LMC age-metallicity relation has reduced the discrepancy between the age distribution of the LMC clusters and the field stars. Furthermore, it indicates that searches to find more clusters older than ∼ 2.5 Gyr in the LMC are crucial to a better understanding of its global star formation history.

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Journal keyword(s): Galaxies: Dwarf - Galaxies: Evolution - Galaxies: Formation - Galaxies: Star Clusters - Galaxies: Magellanic Clouds

Simbad objects: 10

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Number of rows : 10
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 NGC 411 Cl* 01 07 55.64 -71 46 03.1 13.05 12.63 12.10   11.11 ~ 107 0
2 NAME LMC G 05 23 34.6 -69 45 22     0.4     ~ 19090 0
3 NGC 1978 GlC 05 28 45.330 -66 14 12.04   10.7 10.70     ~ 317 0
4 NAME Hodge 4 GlC 05 32 25.64 -64 44 07.7     13.33     ~ 52 0
5 NGC 2070 Cl* 05 38 42 -69 06.0     7.25     ~ 406 1
6 ESO 86-22 Cl* 05 42 29.090 -65 21 46.33     13.8     ~ 44 0
7 NGC 2121 Cl* 05 48 13.190 -71 28 52.00   13.21 12.37     ~ 134 0
8 NGC 2155 Cl* 05 58 32.070 -65 28 38.62   13.41 12.60     ~ 107 0
9 ESO 121-3 Cl* 06 02 03.32 -60 31 25.6   14.91 14.04     ~ 118 0
10 NGC 2193 Cl* 06 06 17.31 -65 05 55.5   14.13 13.42     ~ 48 0

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