Masses and Relaxation Times of Star Clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud
Abstract
Plates taken with the 1.2-m U.K. Schmidt Telescope and the 3.8-m AAT have been used in order to derive the dynamical parameters of 43 various clusters of the SMC by means of star counts. The clusters are divided into two categories: (1) the disk clusters and (2) the halo globular clusters. The disk clusters are found to be more massive and older than the galactic open clusters, whereas the halo clusters are at least 10 times less massive than the galactic globulars.
- Publication:
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Structure and Evolution of the Magellanic Clouds
- Pub Date:
- September 1984
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0074180900039772
- Bibcode:
- 1984IAUS..108...25K