Early results from the SAGE-SMC Spitzer legacy

K. D. Gordon, M. Meixner, R. D. Blum, W. Reach, B. A. Whitney, J. Harris, R. Indebetouw, A. D. Bolatto, J.-P. Bernard, M. Sewilo, B. L. Babler, M. Block, C. Bot, S. Bracker, L. Carlson, E. Churchwell, G. C. Clayton, M. Cohen, C. W. Engelbracht, Y. Fukui, V. Gorjian, S. Hony, J. L. Hora, F. Israel, A. Kawamura, A. K. Leroy, A. Li, S. Madden, A. R. Marble, F. Markwick-Kemper, M. Meade, K. A. Misselt, A. Mizuno, N. Mizuno, E. Muller, J. M. Oliveira, K. Olsen, T. Onishi, R. Paladini, D. Paradis, S. Points, T. Robitaille, D. Rubin, K. M. Sandstrom, S. Sato, H. Shibai, J. D. Simon, L. J. Smith, S. Srinivasan, A. G. G. M. Tielens, U. P. Vijh, S. van Dyk, J. Th. van Loon, K. Volk, D. Zaritsky 2009, in "The Magellanic System: Stars, Gas, and Galaxies," Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 256, p. 184-188

Early results from the SAGE-SMC (Surveying the Agents of Galaxy Evolution in the tidally-disrupted, low-metallicity Small Magellanic Cloud) Spitzer legacy program are presented. These early results concentrate on the SAGE-SMC MIPS observations of the SMC Tail region. This region is the high H i column density portion of the Magellanic Bridge adjacent to the SMC Wing. We detect infrared dust emission and measure the gas-to-dust ratio in the SMC Tail and find it similar to that of the SMC Body. In addition, we find two embedded cluster regions that are resolved into multiple sources at all MIPS wavelengths.

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