CARBON AND M-TYPE STARS IN THE OUTER HALOES OF THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS

Authors
FEAST M WHITELOCK P
Citation
M. Feast et P. Whitelock, CARBON AND M-TYPE STARS IN THE OUTER HALOES OF THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 269(3), 1994, pp. 737-741
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00358711
Volume
269
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
737 - 741
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8711(1994)269:3<737:CAMSIT>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
JHK infrared photometry is given for all 57 of the very red stars (inc luding C- and M-type stars) discovered by Demers et al. in the outer h aloes and intercloud region of the Magellanic Clouds. The colours, mag nitudes and spectral types of these stars are similar to those of star s in intermediate-age clusters in the Clouds, and suggest an age of 1 to a few Gyr for these field objects. The ratio of C- to M-type stars is discussed briefly.