Star Counts in Fields Surrounding the Large Magellanic Cloud
Abstract
Star counts in a number of fields near the Large Magellanic Cloud have shown a maximum extension of about 10° for the faint stars. The luminosity function in the outer regions of the LMC is consistent with an intermediate age population.
- Publication:
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Structure and Evolution of the Magellanic Clouds
- Pub Date:
- September 1984
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S007418090004002X
- Bibcode:
- 1984IAUS..108...97B