U.S.- U.K. Cooperative Research: A Cosmos Study of Magellanic Cloud Clusters

这个为期两年的奖项支持美国-英国合作研究 银河天文学之间的保罗W.霍吉大学 华盛顿和哈维·麦吉利夫雷在皇家天文台， 英国爱丁堡。 研究的目的是 寻找、识别和描述星星团 麦哲伦云和小麦哲伦云使用独特的 爱丁堡皇家天文台的仪器。 Hodge博士 为这次合作带来了他对 麦哲伦星云的星团系统和恒星含量， 其他星系。 他有一些最好的4米望远镜 麦哲伦星云的板块 这是由博士补充。 MacGillvray在图像分析方面的丰富经验， 皇家天文台的宇宙仪器被认为是 成为世界上最好的印版扫描仪器和软件 世界 COSMOS机器将用于扫描4米 望远镜板，以最终获得完整的地图， 麦哲伦星云的星团 麦哲伦云和小麦哲伦云非常有用 对星系团、它们的演化和 形成，并了解这两个星系的历史。 这项研究的结果将为天文学家提供新的 集群学习。 它还将促进对 星系的演化。

This two-year award supports U.S.-U.K. cooperative research in galactic astronomy between Paul W. Hodge of the University of Washington and Harvey MacGillivray of the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. The objective of the research is to search for and identify and characterize star clusters in the Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud using unique instrumentation at the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh. Dr. Hodge brings to this collaboration his extensive knowledge about the cluster system and stellar content of the Magellanic Clouds and other local galaxies. He has some of the best 4-meter telescope plates of the Magellanic Clouds. This is complemented by Dr. MacGillvray's extensive experience in image analysis and access to the Royal Observatory's COSMOS instrument which is considered to be the finest plate-scanning instrument and software in the world. The COSMOS machine will be used to scan the 4-meter telescope plates in order to eventually obtain a complete map of the Magellanic Clouds' clusters. The Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud are very useful objects for the general study of clusters, their evolution and formation, and for understanding the history of these two galaxies. The results of this research will provide astronomers with new clusters to study. It will also advance understanding of the evolution of galaxies in general.