Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006aas...20911401d&link_type=abstract
2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #114.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Scientific paper
The ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury program (ANGST) consists of a carefully crafted imaging survey of a volume-limited sample of galaxies in the Local Universe outside the Local Group. The resulting images will allow unprecedented measurements of: (1) the SFH of a >100 Mpc3 volume of the Universe with a time resolution of Delta[log(t)]=0.25; (2) correlations between spatially resolved SFHs and environment; (3) the structure and properties of thick disks and stellar halos; and (4) the color distributions, sizes, and specific frequencies of globular and disk clusters as a function of galaxy mass and environment. To reach these goals, we are using a combination of wide-field tiling, pointed deep imaging, and archival data to carry out a uniform analysis of the ancient and recent star formation histories of 70 galaxies within a volume-limited sample extending to 3.5 Mpc, with an extension to the M81 group. For all galaxies, a radial strip of imaging will cover out to beyond the optical radius and will reach photometric depths of at least 2 magnitudes below the tip of the red giant branch throughout the limits of the survey volume. Additional deep pointings will reach SNR 10 for red clump stars, sufficient to recover the ancient star formation history (SFH) from the color-magnitude diagram for the galaxies that provide more than 99% of the star formation in the local volume. The resulting analysis will produce photometric information for several million stars.
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