The morphology of the Magellanic Clouds revealed by stars of different age: results from the DENIS survey

M-R.L. Cioni; H.J. Habing; F.P. Israel

The morphology of the Magellanic Clouds revealed by stars of different age: results from the DENIS survey

M-R.L. Cioni, H.J. Habing, F.P. Israel

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Abstract

The spatial distribution of sources populating different regions of the colour–magnitude diagram (I −J,I) extracted from the DENIS catalogue towards the Mag- ellanic Clouds (DCMC – Cioni et al. 2000) reveal signifi- cantly different morphologies. Each region is associated to a different age group. The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) shows an extended circular shape with a prominent, off center bar, a nucleus and irregular spiral arms. The Small Magellanic Cloud shows a perturbated structure with a prominent central concentration of stars. Old and young populations are offset from one another.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L9-L12
Journal	Astronomy and Astrophysics
Volume	358
Publication status	Published - 2000

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