Abstract
Combined spectroscopic and photo-electric observations of bright stars in the two Magellanic Clouds show that: 1)There is no marked difference between the stars observed in the two Clouds when compared with each other or with normal galactic supergiants, as judged by: (a)direct spectroscopic comparison,(b)Hertzsprung-Russell diagram,(c)U, B, V plot.2)Stars observed in both Clouds suffer a small amount of absorption, the precise amount depending on the intrinsic colours adopted. How much of the absorption takes place within the Clouds remains to be determined.3)A reddening path has been determined by comparison of Cloud stars (little reddened) and galactic supergiants (heavily reddened). The observations are consistent with a single reddening path and have not yet suggested any difference in the absorbing properties of dust in the Clouds and in the Galaxy. A conclusion on this latter point must await observations of heavily reddened stars in the Clouds.
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