A Catalog of 255 New Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Abstract
Ten fields in the Large Magellanic Cloud have been searched for faint, new clusters on deep plates taken with the CTIO 4-m telescope. The result is a catalog of 255 newly-discovered clusters, which more than doubles the number of cataloged clusters in the areas searched here. Most of the new clusters are faint, small, and old, but a few are bright but small, missed in previous searches because of insufficient scale. Equatorial coordinates, sizes, and estimates of the B magnitudes of the brightest stars are given for the clusters. The mean diameter for all LMC clusters in the fields is 7.7 pc, larger than the mean for Galactic open clusters. There is a conspicuous correlation between size and distance from the center of the LMC, with relatively many more large clusters found in the remote outer parts of the LMC. The total cluster population of the LMC is reevaluated to be ~4200.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Pub Date:
- September 1988
- DOI:
- 10.1086/132271
- Bibcode:
- 1988PASP..100.1051H
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Catalogs;
- Magellanic Clouds;
- Star Clusters;
- Faint Objects;
- Open Clusters;
- Size (Dimensions);
- Astronomy;
- GALAXIES: MAGELLANIC CLOUDS;
- CLUSTERS: GLOBULAR;
- GALAXIES: STELLAR CONTENT