2005/06/30 by A. J. Grocholski, A. Sarajedini, Ata Sarajedini +7
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0506760
7 pages (including 2 figures), Conference proceedings from "Resolved Stellar Populations", held in Cancun, 18-22 April 2005. ASP Conference Series, D. Valls-Gabaud and M. Chavez (eds)
arxiv created 2005/06/30 · openalex publication_date 2005/06/30 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We report preliminary results from our near-infrared JHK survey of star clusters in the LMC. The primary goals of the survey are to study the three-dimensional structure and distance of the LMC. In 2003 and 2004 we used the Infrared Side Port Imager (ISPI) on the CTIO 4m to obtain near infrared photometry for a sample of populous LMC clusters. We utilize the K-band luminosity of core helium burning red clump (RC) stars to obtain individual cluster distances and present a preliminary assessment of the structure and geometry of the LMC based on a subset of our data.