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The evolution of asymptotic giant branch stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud. II - Spectroscopy of a complete sample
Spectra of 113 asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star candidatesconstituting six magnitude-limited, area-complete samples in the outerregions of the northern LMC have been obtained. Luminosity functionsconstructed from these data are well represented by an underlyingintermediate-mass AGB population, the product of continuous starformation over the last 3-4 Gyr, supplemented in some areas by moremassive red giant and supergiant stars, with a typical age of about 10to the 8th yr. Most stars with Mbol between -5 and -5.5 show evidencefor dredge-up of s-process elements, as do a smaller proportion in therange Mbol between -4.5 and -5. Only 10 percent of the sample, however,are C stars, and these are concentrated toward the Bar of the LMC. Noevidence has been found for envelope burning in any of the stars in thesample.
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| Constellation: | Indus |
| Right ascension: | 20h50m33.53s |
| Declination: | -58°55'25.1" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 8.326 |
| Distance: | 335.57 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | -22.7 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -4.2 |
| B-T magnitude: | 10.247 |
| V-T magnitude: | 8.485 |
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