Ages and Metallicities of Five Intermediate-Age Star Clusters Projected Towards the Small Magellanic Cloud

CLARIA OLMEDO, JUAN JOSÉ; PIATTI, ANDRÉS E.; SANTOS JR, JOÂO F.C.; BICA, EDUARDO; SARAJEDINI, A.; GEISLER, DOUG

Proc. IAU Symp. 207

eds. D. Geisler, E.K. Grebel, D. Minniti

Lugar: San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific; Año: 2002 p. 196 - 196

Washington CCD photometry of intermediate-age clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is presented. The cluster age distribution in the SMC suggests formation epochs at 3 and 6 Gyr, respectively. Recent star formation is confined to the central body of the SMC. The chemical evolution of the SMC appears to be best represented by bursty models.