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Overview of the Field Stellar Population of the Magellanic Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Bengt E. Westerlund*
Affiliation:
Astronomical Observatory, Uppsala University Box 515, S-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden

Abstract

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The stellar populations in the LMC, the SMC, and the Bridge region are discussed and shown to be composed of a number of well separated generations. Asymmetries are seen in the distributions of the intermediate-age and youngest generations. The possibility is considered that all generations, apart from the oldest one, have been produced by bursts of star formation.

Type
Part 5. Stellar Populations and Surveys
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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