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Summary on stellar populations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2006

Jeremy Mould
Jeremy Mould
Affiliation:
National Optical Astronomy Observatory, PO Box 26732, Tucson AZ 85726, USA email: jmould@noao.edu
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Abstract

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ELTs will bring galaxies within 5 Mpc or more “as close as the Magellanic Clouds”. This is why stellar populations is such an exciting subject for ELTs. We can resolve galaxies into stars and learn their history (1) from the “fossil record” of old stars and (2) looking back in time. The confrontation of these two views will bring important new insights in the star formation history of galaxies and stellar evolution, at the same time.

Keywords

TelescopesGalaxies: stellar contentStars: neutron
Type
Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 1 , Symposium S232: Scientific Requirements for Extremely Large Telescopes , November 2005 , pp. 461 - 463
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2006 International Astronomical Union