Identification of Spitzer-IRS staring mode targets in the Magellanic Clouds
Abstract
The SAGE-LMC, SAGE-SMC and HERITAGE surveys have mapped the Magellanic Clouds in the infrared using the Spitzer and Herschel Space Telescopes. Over 8.5 million point sources were detected and catalogued in the LMC alone. Staring mode observations using the InfraRed Spectrograph (IRS) on board Spitzer have been obtained for 1,000 positions in the LMC and ~250 in the SMC. From the infrared spectroscopy we have identified the nature of the sources for which spectroscopy is available. These IRS staring mode targets represent an important contribution to the SED of these dwarf galaxies. Here we report on our latest results.
- Publication:
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The Spectral Energy Distribution of Galaxies - SED 2011
- Pub Date:
- August 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921312008988
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1112.0272
- Bibcode:
- 2012IAUS..284..163R
- Keywords:
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- galaxies: Magellanic Clouds;
- line: identification;
- profiles;
- stars: early-type;
- supergiants;
- AGB;
- post-AGB;
- carbon;
- late-type;
- ISM: dust;
- Hii regions;
- planetary nebulae;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- 3 pages, 3 figures, conference proceedings from SED2011 - The Spectral Energy Distribution of Galaxies: IAU Symposium No. 284, 2011