Computer Science
Scientific paper
Aug 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002noao.prop..406m&link_type=abstract
NOAO Proposal ID #2002B-0406
Computer Science
Scientific paper
The study of the old stellar populations in nearby galaxies complements the high-redshift data, which are limited by surface brightness dimming, resolution and dust. Ongoing surveys of the old populations in the Milky Way are beginning to piece together the story of its formation and early evolution. In this project we are extending our knowledge of old populations in the Milky Way to a sample of nearby, edge-on disk galaxies with a range of Hubble type. Our deep surface photometry of these galaxies has shown that surface photometry alone is not enough to distinguish between populations that formed in quite distinct ways, like thick disk and halo. Kinematical data are needed for these faint old stars. This semester we are asking for WIYN time to survey the edge-on galaxies NGC 891 (which is very similar to the Milky Way) and the earlier type galaxy NGC 7814 for planetary nebulae (PNe). Subsequent spectroscopy of these PNe will allow us to measure halo kinematics for the first time in disk galaxies outside the Local Group --- without using the Keck telescope, needed to study globular cluster kinematics at these distances.
Harding Paul
Hurley-Keller Denise
Morrison Heather
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