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The star formation history of the Magellanic Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2008

Carme Gallart ,
Ingrid Meschin ,
Noelia E. D. Noël ,
Antonio Aparicio ,
Sebastián L. Hidalgo  and
Peter B. Stetson
Carme Gallart
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna. 38200 La Laguna. Tenerife, Spain. email: carme@iac.es, imeschin@iac.es, noelia@iac.es, antapaj@iac.es, shidalgo@iac.es
Ingrid Meschin
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna. 38200 La Laguna. Tenerife, Spain. email: carme@iac.es, imeschin@iac.es, noelia@iac.es, antapaj@iac.es, shidalgo@iac.es
Noelia E. D. Noël
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna. 38200 La Laguna. Tenerife, Spain. email: carme@iac.es, imeschin@iac.es, noelia@iac.es, antapaj@iac.es, shidalgo@iac.es
Antonio Aparicio
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna. 38200 La Laguna. Tenerife, Spain. email: carme@iac.es, imeschin@iac.es, noelia@iac.es, antapaj@iac.es, shidalgo@iac.es
Sebastián L. Hidalgo
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna. 38200 La Laguna. Tenerife, Spain. email: carme@iac.es, imeschin@iac.es, noelia@iac.es, antapaj@iac.es, shidalgo@iac.es
Peter B. Stetson
Affiliation:
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council, Victoria, BC, CanadaV9E 2E7 email: Peter.Stetson@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
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Abstract

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The star formation history of the Magellanic Clouds, including the old and intermediate-age star formation events, can be studied reliably and in detail through color-magnitude diagrams reaching the oldest main sequence turnoffs. This paper reviews our current understanding of the Magellanic Clouds' star formation histories and discusses the impact of this information on general studies of galaxy formation and evolution.

Keywords

galaxies: formation and evolutiongalaxies: individual (LMC, SMC)Magellanic Clouds
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Symposium S258: The Ages of Stars , October 2008 , pp. 51 - 60
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2009

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