Studies of the Large Magellanic Cloud. I. The Red Globular Clusters.

An area of 125 square degrees centered on the Large Magellanic Cloud has been searched in two colors or globular clusters. Many of the previously reported globulars were found to be not genuine, and a number of new globulars were identified. A total of 35 clusters in the area searched are true globulars, as defined by their color-magnitude diagrams These appear to be distributed preferentially in the eastern part of the Cloud. Some clusters have abnormally faint giant branches.