Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jul 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004hst..prop10217j&link_type=abstract
HST Proposal ID #10217
Computer Science
Hst Proposal Id #10217 Galaxies
Scientific paper
The two rich clusters nearest to the Milky Way, and the only large collections of early-type galaxies within 25 Mpc, are the Virgo and Fornax Clusters. We propose to exploit the exceptional imaging capabilities of the ACS/WFC to carry out the most comprehensive imaging survey to date of early-type galaxies in Fornax: the ACS Fornax Cluster Survey. Deep ACS/WFC images - in the F475W {g'} and F850LP {z'} bands - will be acquired for 44 E, S0, dE, dE, N and dS0 cluster members. In Cycle 11, we initiated a similar program targeting early-type galaxies in the Virgo Cluster {the ACS Virgo Cluster Survey; GO-9401}. Our proposed survey of Fornax would yield an extraordinary dataset which would complement that already in hand for Virgo, and allow a definitive study of the role played by environment in the structure, formation and evolution of early-type galaxies and their globular cluster systems, nuclei, stellar populations, dust content, nuclear morphologies and merger histories. It would also be a community resource for years to come and, together with the ACS Virgo Cluster Survey, constitute one of the lasting legacies of HST.
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