Past and present star formation in the SMC: NGC 346 and its neighborhood

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-57

  Sabbi, E ^a   Sirianni, M ^a,b   Nota, A ^a,b   Tosi, M ^c   Gallagher, J ^d   Meixner, M ^a   Oey, M S ^e   Walterbos, R ^f   Pasquali, A ^g   Smith, L J ^h   Angeretti, L ^c  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b ESA   (United States)

^c OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: star clusters; Magellanic clouds; Open clusters and associations: individual (NGC 346, BS 90); Stars: evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846521206     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509257     Document Type: Article

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