A Comparison of Discrete Sources in Radio and H surveys of the Magellanic Clouds - and the Potential for the New H Survey

Introduction

Galactic studies give us a close look at many of the important manifestations of star formation and evolution. In the Magellanic Clouds (MCs) we have the opportunity of seeing these factors at work nearby, but on a much larger scale and in a different galactic environment to our own Galaxy. The MCs are irregular, dwarf galaxies, interacting with each other and with our Galaxy, a fortunate circumstance allowing us to study such interactions close at hand by using the powerful combination of radio and H surveys.

In this paper we compare sources common to the Parkes radio and the H surveys using primarily the radio results of Filipović et al. (1995; hereafter Paper IV), Filipović et al. (1996; hereafter Paper IVa), Filipović et al. (1997a; hereafter Paper V) and the H catalogues of Kennicutt & Hodge (1986). We classify each source as either an HII region, SNR or background object. Also, we compare source radio and H flux densities.

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