Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aas...21547005m&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #470.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.514
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS) is a CFHT MegaPrime large program to survey the Virgo Cluster from its core to virial radius, for a total coverage of 104 square degrees. Over the next four years, the survey will perform deep imaging (10 sigma detection for point sources of 25.7 mag in the g-band) in five band-passes (u*,g',r',i',z'), thereby superceding all optical studies of this uniquely important system. The program's main scientific objectives are: the characterization of the faint-end shape of the galaxy luminosity function, the characterization of galaxy scaling relations over a factor 107 in mass, the cluster/intracluster medium/galaxy connection, the role of environmental effects in galaxy evolution,and the fossil record of star formation and chemical enrichment in dense environments. Numerous ancillary projects - from a survey of the Galactic halo to a cosmic shear measurement of the matter power spectrum on large scales - will also be enabled. Details about the survey can be found at http://astrowww.phys.uvic.ca/ lff/NGVS.html
Balkowski Ch.
Balogh Michael
Blakeslee John
Boissier Samuel
Boselli Alessandro
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