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Globular Clusters in the LMC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

F.D.A. Hartwick
Affiliation:
University of Victoria
A. P. Cowley
Affiliation:
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory and University of Michigan

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Because globular clusters are the oldest stellar systems, they should be sensitive probes of the early dynamical and chemical evolution of galaxies. Since some success has been achieved in understanding these problems in our own galaxy, it seems appropriate to see what can be learned from the clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).

Type
August 29 Open And Globular Clusters
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980 

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