Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The distances of the Clouds
- 3 The Clouds as galaxies
- 4 The cluster population
- 5 The youngest field population
- 6 The superassociations and supergiant shells
- 7 The intermediate-age and oldest field populations
- 8 The interstellar medium
- 9 X-ray emission and supernova remnants
- 10 The 30 Doradus complex
- 11 Chemical abundances
- 12 The structure and kinematics of the Magellanic System
- Appendix 1 Acronyms and abbreviations used frequently in the text
- Appendix 2 Reviews and proceedings
- Bibliography
- Object index
- Subject index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The distances of the Clouds
- 3 The Clouds as galaxies
- 4 The cluster population
- 5 The youngest field population
- 6 The superassociations and supergiant shells
- 7 The intermediate-age and oldest field populations
- 8 The interstellar medium
- 9 X-ray emission and supernova remnants
- 10 The 30 Doradus complex
- 11 Chemical abundances
- 12 The structure and kinematics of the Magellanic System
- Appendix 1 Acronyms and abbreviations used frequently in the text
- Appendix 2 Reviews and proceedings
- Bibliography
- Object index
- Subject index
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- The Magellanic Clouds , pp. i - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1997