A Deep Survey of Infrared Sources in the Field of the Small Magellanic Cloud

S. C. Russell, A. R. Hyland
1985 Publications Astronomical Society of Australia  
AbstractWe present a survey at J (1.25μm) and K (2.2μm) of 36 arcmin2in the Bar and Inner Wing of the Small Magellanic Cloud. The (J-K) colour – bolometric magnitude diagram is constructed and compared with theory. For the first time a sparsely populated region of the diagram separating proposed carbon stars from oxygen rich stars has been identified. In addition large numbers of red sources have been found apparently fainter than the accepted limit for carbon star formation. These include
more » ... mely red sources which are good candidates for OH/IR sources and extreme carbon stars.
doi:10.1017/s1323358000026643 fatcat:ddxmxmwwc5fw5h2a5fie4rzp2q