Young stellar populations in the Magellanic Clouds

Abstract

We discuss the young population of stars and clusters in the Magellanic Clouds. We present the discovery of pre-main sequence candidates in the nebula N~11 in the Large Magellanic Clouds using HST ACS photometry. The comparison of the Colour-Magnitude diagram with pre-main sequence tracks and the presence of Spitzer objects YSO I and II suggest that the star formation has been active for a long period in the region, from a few $10^5$ yrs to several Myr ago

5 pages, in XXI Century Challenges for Stellar Evolution, in "Memorie della Societa' Astronomica Italiana", Vol. 79 No. 2, eds. S. Cassisi & M. Salaris