The ultraviolet view of the Magellanic Clouds from GALEX: A first look at the LMC source catalog |
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Authors: | Raymond Simons David Thilker Luciana Bianchi Ted Wyder |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA;2. Astronomy Department, Caltech, MC 249-17, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125, USA |
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Abstract: | The Galaxy Evolution Exporer (GALEX) has performed unprecedented imaging surveys of the Magellanic Clouds (MC) and their surrounding areas including the Magellanic Bridge (MB) in near-UV (NUV, 1771-2831 Å) and far-UV (FUV, 1344-1786 Å) bands at 5″ resolution. Substantially more area was covered in the NUV than FUV, particularly in the bright central regions, because of the GALEX FUV detector failure. The 5σ depth of the NUV imaging varies between 20.8 and 22.7 (ABmag). Such imaging provides the first sensitive view of the entire content of hot stars in the Magellanic System, revealing the presence of young populations even in sites with extremely low star-formation rate surface density like the MB, owing to high sensitivity of the UV data to hot stars and the dark sky at these wavelengths. |
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Keywords: | Ultraviolet: surveys Astronomical data bases: catalogs Galaxies: Magellanic Clouds Ultraviolet: galaxies |
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