The Relative Ages of LMC Old Clusters and the Case of NGC 1841

Saviane, I.; Rosenberg, A.; Aparicio, A.; Piotto, G.
Bibliographical reference

New Horizons in Globular Cluster Astronomy, ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 296, held 24-28 June 2002 at Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita' di Padova, Padova, Italy. Edited by Giampaolo Piotto, Georges Meylan, S. George Djorgovski and Marco Riello. ISBN: 1-58381-143-5, 2003, p.402

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Using archival HST/WFPC2 imaging of 7 LMC globular clusters, and following the methods outlined in our previous study, we have reached the tightest constrain so far on their age dispersion, which cannot be greater than ~ 0.5 Gyr. We also confirm earlier results that their average age is comparable to that of the metal-poor Galactic globulars. Evidence is also provided that NGC 1841 is younger than the rest of LMC globulars.