High Velocity Star Formation in the LMC

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dc.creatorGraff, David S.
dc.creatorGould, Andrew P.
dc.date2000-02-14
dc.date2000-03-09
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T01:52:17Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T01:52:17Z
dc.descriptionLight-echo measurements show that SN1987A is 425 pc behind the LMC disk. It is continuing to move away from the disk at $18 \kms$. Thus, it has been suggested that SN1987A was ejected from the LMC disk. However, SN1987A is a member of a star cluster, so this entire cluster would have to have been ejected from the disk. We show that the cluster was formed in the LMC disk, with a velocity perpendicular to the disk of about $50 \kms$. Such high velocity formation of a star cluster is unusual, having no known counterpart in the Milky Way.
dc.description2 pages, to be published ApJL. Minor changes include new references
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0002285
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0002285
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/574
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleHigh Velocity Star Formation in the LMC
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