Progressive star formation in the young galactic super star cluster NGC 3603

Date

2010

Authors

Beccari, G.
Spezzi, Loredana
De Marchi, G.
Paresce, Francesco
Young, Erick
Andersen, Morten
Panagia, Nino
Balick, Bruce
Bond, Howard, E.
Calzetti, Daniela

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IOP Publishing

Abstract

Early Release Science observations of the cluster NGC 3603 with the WFC3 on the refurbished Hubble Space Telescope allow us to study its recent star formation history. Our analysis focuses on stars with Hαexcess emission, a robust indicator of their pre-

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Keywords: Open clusters and associations: individual (NGC 3603); Stars: pre-main sequence

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Astrophysical Journal, The

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2037-12-31