Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2006
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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #04.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
We present a deep HST survey of the nearby spiral galaxy M81 with the HST Advanced Camera for Surveys. The survey consists of "B" and "V" observations of 29 ACS fields, totalling to 38 orbits. These observations, together with archival "I-band" ACS data, will provide complete, deep coverage of the D25 area of the galaxy in all three filters. The observations are designed to reach a detection limit of 26-27 mag in B and V bands, which probe the bulk of early-type (O,B) stars and the population of star-clusters. The goals of this survey are: (a) to characterize the X-ray source population of M81; (b) to study the stellar populations and star-formation history across the galaxy; and (c) link the X-ray source populations with their parent stellar populations. In this contribution we describe the observations, summarize the data analysis procedures, discuss in detail the goals of the survey and present some results from a pilot study of one field.
This work is supported by HST grant HST-GO-10584.01-A and NASA LTSA grant NAG-5-13056.
Gallagher John S. III
Mucciarelli Paola
Zezas Andreas
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