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Luminosity Function of Old Globular Clusters in the SMC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

M. Kontizas  and
E. Kontizas
M. Kontizas
Affiliation:
University of Athens, Observatory of Athens
E. Kontizas
Affiliation:
University of Athens, Observatory of Athens

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Luminosity Functions (LFs) provide useful information on the stellar content of a star cluster. One of the problems of studying the colour-magnitude (c-m) diagrams in remote clusters is the contamination of cluster members with field stars. If all the stars of a cluster are measured in concentric rings one can reach the field and compare the c-m diagram of the field with that of the central areas. For the SMC where the field and cluster areas seem to have similar c-m diagrams, this method is not always useful and then the LF becomes an important tool of overcoming this obstacle.

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Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 78: Astronomy with Schmidt-type telescopes , 1984 , pp. 359 - 361
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1984

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