Magellanic Cloud Stars
Abstract
The Magellanic Clouds, visible in the Southern Hemisphere, are the nearest external galaxies. Their brightest stars can be distinguished unambiguously with the spectroscope. A spectral survey of the 194 brightest known stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud has provided new information on the evolution of massive stars. Such short-lived supergiants should be seen close to their birthplace in the sky.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- April 1967
- DOI:
- 10.1038/214136a0
- Bibcode:
- 1967Natur.214..136T