IALP   13078
INSTITUTO DE ASTROFISICA LA PLATA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Spectroscopic Study of the N159/N160 Complex in the Large Magellanic CloudCec
Autor/es:
FARIÑA, CECILIA; BOSCH, GUILLERMO; BARBÁ, RODOLFO; MORRELL, NIDIA; WALBORN, NOLAN
Revista:
ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL
Editorial:
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
Referencias:
Año: 2009 vol. 138 p. 510 - 516
ISSN:
0004-6256
Resumen:
We present a spectroscopic study of the N159/N160 massive star-forming region south of 30 Doradus in the Large Magellanic Cloud, classifying a total of 189 stars in the field of the complex. Most of them belong to O and early B spectral classes; we have also found some uncommon and very interesting spectra, including members of the Onfp class, a Be P Cygni star, and some possible multiple systems. Using spectral types as broad indicators of evolutionary stages, we considered the evolutionary status of the region as a whole. We infer that massive stars at different evolutionary stages are present throughout the region, favoring the idea of a common time for the origin of recent star formation in the N159/N160 complex as a whole, while sequential star formation at different rates is probably present in several subregions.