The Cluster System in the Small Magellanic Cloud
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- 1 November 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Vol. 173 (2) , 327-337
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/173.2.327
Abstract
Visual examination of 330 star clusters in the SMC on UBV plates taken with the UK 48-in. Schmidt telescope allows clusters to be classified by colour and structure into six types. A distinct pattern in the spatial distribution of clusters reported by Hodge is confirmed, though the effective size of the cluster system is the same as that defined by integrated star light. Cluster sizes, excluding red globulars, are on the whole larger than their galactic counterparts.Keywords
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