The FLAMINGOS-2 Galactic Center Survey

Details The FLAMINGOS-2 Galactic Center Survey The FLAMINGOS-2 Galactic Center Survey

Dec 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005aas...20718110e&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #181.10; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, p.1462

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We describe the FLAMINGOS-2 Galactic Center Survey (F2GCS) -- a near-infrared R ˜ 1300 spectroscopic survey of ˜ 5000 stars in the Galactic Center region. The F2GCS will use FLAMINGOS-2 -- the facility near-infrared wide-field imager and multi-object spectrograph for the Gemini 8-m telescopes, currently under construction at the University of Florida. The two primary science goals of this survey are: (a) spectroscopically identifying IR counterparts to several hundred Chandra X-ray sources in the Galactic Center; (b) developing a sample of several thousand red giant stars which can be used to determine the star formation history of the Galactic Center region. We will describe the basic features of FLAMINGOS-2, the F2GCS observational strategy, and the estimated scientific output of the survey. We will also present the preliminary pre-imaging survey for the F2GCS, recently completed using ISPI on the CTIO 4-m telescope.

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