Mapping the Milky Way and Near Field Structure with LSST

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Jan 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aas...21346010b&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #460.10; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.368

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The multicolor, multi-epoch photometric map created by the LSST will provide an unprecedented means to explore the Galaxy's structure, star formation, chemical enrichment, and accretion history on a panoramic scale. Strategic time and space sampling of each field over ten years will allow variability, proper motion and parallax measurements for objects brighter than V=24, and the final map will cover half the sky to V=26.5. This combination of area, depth and time resolution will enable Galactic science from the solar neighborhood to the edge of the Milky Way's halo and well into the Local Group. The data set will provide a powerful laboratory for testing theories of galaxy formation and the small-scale predictions of CDM cosmology.

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