Summary on stellar populations

ELTs will bring galaxies within 5 Mpc or more “as close as the Magellanic Clouds”. This is why stellar populations is such an exciting subject for ELTs. We can resolve galaxies into stars and learn their history (1) from the “fossil record” of old stars and (2) looking back in time. The confrontatio...

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Published inProceedings of the International Astronomical Union Vol. 1; no. S232; pp. 461 - 463
Main Author Mould, Jeremy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.11.2005
Subjects
Astronomy
Contributed Papers
Galaxies: stellar content
Telescopes
Stars: neutron
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ISSN1743-9213
1743-9221
DOI10.1017/S174392130600113X

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Summary:ELTs will bring galaxies within 5 Mpc or more “as close as the Magellanic Clouds”. This is why stellar populations is such an exciting subject for ELTs. We can resolve galaxies into stars and learn their history (1) from the “fossil record” of old stars and (2) looking back in time. The confrontation of these two views will bring important new insights in the star formation history of galaxies and stellar evolution, at the same time.
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ISSN:1743-9213
1743-9221
DOI:10.1017/S174392130600113X