OGLE-ing the Magellanic System: three-dimensional structure of the clouds and the bridge using classical Cepheids

AM Jacyszyn-Dobrzeniecka, DM Skowron… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2016 - arxiv.org
We analyzed a sample of 9418 fundamental-mode and first-overtone Classical Cepheids
from the OGLE-IV Collection of Classical Cepheids. The distance to each Cepheid was …

A Multi-band Catalog of 10978 Star Clusters, Associations, and Candidates in the Milky Way

E Bica, DB Pavani, CJ Bonatto… - The Astronomical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a catalog of Galactic star clusters, associations and candidates with 10978
entries. This multi-band catalog was constructed over 20 years, starting with visual …

The VISCACHA survey–VII. Assembly history of the Magellanic Bridge and SMC Wing from star clusters

RAP Oliveira, FFS Maia, B Barbuy… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The formation scenario of the Magellanic Bridge during an encounter between the Large
and Small Magellanic Clouds∼ 200 Myr ago, as proposed by N-body models, would be …

An updated small magellanic cloud and magellanic bridge catalog of star clusters, associations, and related objects

E Bica, P Westera, LO Kerber, B Dias… - The Astronomical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a catalog of star clusters, associations, and related extended objects in the
Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and the Magellanic Bridge with 2741 entries, a factor 2 more …

A stellar overdensity associated with the Small Magellanic Cloud

A Pieres, BX Santiago, A Drlica-Wagner… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We report the discovery of a stellar overdensity 8° north of the centre of the Small Magellanic
Cloud (SMC; Small Magellanic Cloud Northern Over-Density; SMCNOD), using data from …

The VMC Survey–XL. Three-dimensional structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud as derived from red clump stars

BL Tatton, JT Van Loon, MRL Cioni… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Galaxy interactions distort the distribution of baryonic matter and can affect star formation.
The nearby Magellanic Clouds are a prime example of an ongoing galaxy interaction …

The VMC Survey–XXIV. Signatures of tidally stripped stellar populations from the inner Small Magellanic Cloud

S Subramanian, S Rubele, NC Sun… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We study the luminosity function of intermediate-age red clump stars using deep, near-
infrared photometric data covering∼ 20 deg2 located throughout the central part of the …

Nine tiny star clusters in Gaia DR1, PS1, and DES

G Torrealba, V Belokurov… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We present the results of a systematic Milky Way satellite search performed across an array
of publicly available wide-area photometric surveys. Our aim is to complement previous …

The Magellanic Bridge cluster NGC 796: Deep optical AO imaging reveals the stellar content and initial mass function of a massive open cluster

VM Kalari, G Carraro, CJ Evans… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
NGC 796 is a massive young cluster located 59 kpc from us in the diffuse intergalactic
medium of the 1/5–1/10 Z☉ Magellanic Bridge, allowing us to probe variations in star …

J-PLUS: a catalogue of globular cluster candidates around the M 81/M 82/NGC 3077 triplet of galaxies

AL Chies-Santos, RS De Souza, JP Caso… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Globular clusters (GCs) are proxies of the formation assemblies of their host galaxies.
However, few studies exist targeting GC systems of spiral galaxies up to several effective …