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Star-Formation Histories of Resolved Galaxies in the Local Volume

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2017

Alessandra Aloisi
Alessandra Aloisi*
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD-21218, USA email: aloisi@stsci.edu
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Abstract

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Color-magnitude diagrams of resolved stellar populations are the most powerful tool to derive the star formation histories of galaxies. In this review the method to infer star formation histories by comparing synthetic color-magnitude diagrams to deep, high-precision, multi-color photometry is briefly outlined, and our current knowledge of the star formation history of systems within the local Volume is summarized.

Keywords

Local GroupMagellanic Cloudsgalaxies: stellar contentgalaxies: distances and redshiftsgalaxies: evolution
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 12 , Symposium S316: Formation, evolution, and survival of massive star clusters , August 2015 , pp. 61 - 69
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017 

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