Recent star formation at low metallicities. the star-forming region NGC 346/N66 in the Small Magellanic Cloud from near-infrared VLT/ISAAC observations

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 515, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Gouliermis, D A ^a   Bestenlehner, J M ^a,b   Brandner, W ^a   Henning, T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b ARMAGH OBSERVATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catalogs; HII regions; ISM: individual objects: LHA 115 N66; Magellanic Clouds; Open clusters and associations: individual: NGC 346; Stars: pre main sequence

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COLOR; DUST; GALAXIES; LIBRARIES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

COLOR-COLOR DIAGRAMS; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; CONTROL FIELDS; DUST EMISSION; FILAMENTARY STRUCTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; H II REGIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION CAMERA; HII REGIONS-ISM; IMAGING DATA; MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; MASS STARS; METALLICITIES; MULTIWAVELENGTH DATA; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-IR; OPEN CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATIONS:INDIVIDUAL; PMS STARS; PRE-MAIN SEQUENCES; SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; STAR FORMATIONS; STAR-FORMATION PROCESS; STAR-FORMING REGION; STARS: PRE-MAIN SEQUENCE; STELLAR POPULATIONS; STELLAR SOURCES; YOUNG STELLAR OBJECTS;

STARS;

EID: 77953335355     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912226     Document Type: Article

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