M.S. in Astronomy/Astrophysics Aug Aug. 1998, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Size: px
Start display at page:

Download "M.S. in Astronomy/Astrophysics Aug Aug. 1998, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI"

Transcription

1 Contact Information Education Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Wisconsin Oshkosh 800 Algoma Blvd. Oshkosh, WI Phone: (920) , Fax: (715) E- mail: Ph.D. in Astrophysics Aug Aug. 2000, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Research Advisor: Dr. Horace A. Smith Dissertation Title: An Examination of the Variable Stars in the Unusual, Metal- Rich Globular Clusters NGC 6388 and NGC 6441 M.S. in Astronomy/Astrophysics Aug Aug. 1998, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI B.A. in Physics Aug June 1995, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI Teaching Experience Assistant Professor Aug Present, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI The Solar System plus labs; Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe plus labs; Classical Physics; Stellar Structure and Evolution; Energy in Today s World; Introduction to Modern Physics Lecturer Aug Aug. 2014, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI The Solar System plus labs; Stars Galaxies, and the Universe plus labs; Classical Physics; Statics; Dynamics; Energy in Today s World; College Algebra Visiting Assistant Professor Aug Aug. 2011, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI Unveiling the Universe plus labs, College Physics I labs, Energy and the World Today Lecturer Aug Aug. 2010, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI The Solar System plus labs; Stars, Galaxies, and the University plus labs; Workshop Physical Science; General Physics I; Classical Physics; Statics; Dynamics; College Algebra Visiting Assistant Professor Sept May 2007, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN Instructor for Principles of Physics II and lab; Modern Astronomy; Astronomical Techniques; Astrophysics; Observational Astronomy Teaching Assistant Aug May 1997, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Recitation and Grading for Undergraduate Astronomy Lab

2 Teaching Assistant Jan May 1996, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Recitation and Grading for Undergraduate Physics Course Research Experiences Assistant Professor Aug Present, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI Variable stars in extragalactic globular clusters to study galactic evolution Lecturer Aug Aug. 2014, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI Variable stars in dwarf galaxies and globular clusters to study galactic evolution Visiting Assistant Professor Aug Aug. 2011, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI Variable stars in dwarf galaxies to study galactic evolution Lecturer Aug Aug. 2010, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, MN Variable stars in globular clusters and dwarf galaxies to study galactic evolution Visiting Assistant Professor Sept July 2007, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN Stellar abundances of globular cluster stars to search for evidence of merging Variable stars in globular clusters and dwarf galaxies to study galactic evolution Research Associate Aug Aug. 2005, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN Supervisor: Dr. Kim Venn Spectral analysis of red giant branch stars in globular clusters to determine abundance ratio variations in clusters that are assumed to be non- Galactic members Abundance measurements of red giant stars in dwarf galaxies to determine chemical enrichment history Research Associate Aug Aug. 2003, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, AZ Supervisors: Dr. Taft Armandroff & Dr. George Jacoby Search for variable stars in the M31 dwarf spheroidal galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope observations in order to examine the underlying stellar populations Research Associate May 2002 Aug. 2003, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, AZ Supervisor: Dr. Patricia Knezek Investigating the stellar populations of UGC 2302 and low surface brightness, very gas- rich dwarf galaxies in Centaurus A

3 Research Associate June 1997 Aug. 2000, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Research Advisor: Dr. Horace A. Smith Variable star search in the second- parameter metal- rich globular clusters NGC 6388 and NGC 6441 Variable star search in the Small Magellanic Clouds Research Assistant June 1996 Dec. 1996, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Research Advisor: Dr. Edwin Loh Development of CCD; Designing of a dewar Supervising Experience Supervising Undergraduate Research August 2014 Present, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI Examining variable stars within globular clusters. Research Experience for Undergraduates July 2006 August 2006, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN Searching for RR Lyrae stars in M33 to look for an ancient stellar population Research Experience for Undergraduates June 2005 August 2005, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN Analyzing high- resolution stellar spectra of dwarf spheroidal stars to investigate the chemical evolution of the dwarf galaxies. Research Experience for Undergraduates June 2004 August 2004, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN Observing globular clusters with the Macalester College Observatory to help redefine the period- luminosity relation for Population II Cepheids. Research Experience for Undergraduates June 2003 Aug. 2003, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, AZ Using ground- based observations of a low luminosity, gas- rich dwarf galaxy to help gain insights into its star formation history from its colors Awards & Grants UW Oshkosh Faculty Development Grant Exploring the Origin of the Milky Way PI Pritzl Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium Minor in Astronomy Re- establishing at UW Oshkosh WSGC Higher Education Incentives Funding Program, PI Kaltcheva, CoI Pritzl NASA/Hubble Space Telescope RR Lyrae stars in M31 Globular Clusters: How Did the M31 Spiral Galaxy Form? Proposal ID GO , PI Clementini, CoI Pritzl et al. NASA/Hubble Space Telescope Identifying the Major Star Formation Epochs in the outlying M31 Dwarf Spheroidal Companion Cassiopeia Proposal ID GO , PI Armandroff, CoI Pritzl et al.

4 NASA/Hubble Space Telescope The Second Parameter Effect in Metal- Rich Globular Clusters: A Snapshot Study of NGC 6388 Sept June 2004, Proposal ID SNAP- 9821, PI Pritzl Synergy NOAO Galactic TAC Journal Referee: Astronomical Journal, Astrophysical Journal Letters, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Astronomy textbook reviews Professional Affiliations International Astronomical Union American Association of Variable Star Observers Refereed Lamb, M. P., Venn, K. A., Shetrone, M. D., Sakari, C. M., & Pritzl, B. J. Publications Chemical Abundances in the Globular Clusters NGC 5024 and NGC 5466 from Optical and Infrared Spectroscopy 2015, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 448, 42 Kuehn, C. A., Dame, K., Smith, H. A., Catelan, M., Jeon, Y.- B., Nemec, J. M., Walker, A. R., Kunder, A., Pritzl, B. J., De Lee, N., & Borissova, J. Variable Stars in Large Magellanic Cloud Globular Clusters III: Reticulum 2013, Astronomical Journal, 145, 160 Contreras Ramos, R., Clementini, G., Federici, L., Fiorentino, G., Cacciarai, Ca., Catelan, M., Smith, H. A., Fusi Pecci, F., Marconi, M., Pritzl, B. J., & Kinemuchi, K. Does the Oosterhoff Dichotomy Exist in the Andromeda Galaxy? I: The Case of G , Astrophysical Journal, 765, 71 Kuehn, C. A., Smith, H. A., Catelan, M., Pritzl, B. J., De Lee, N., & Borissova, J. Variable Stars in Large Magellanic Cloud Globular Clusters II: NGC , Astronomical Journal, 144, 186 Prieto, G., Catelan, M., Contreras Ramos, R., Pritzl, B. J., Smith, H. A., & Alonso- Garcia, J. Variable Stars in the Globular Cluster M28 (NGC 6626) 2012, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 543, 148 Dall Ora, M., Kinemuchi, K., Ripepi, V., Rodgers, C. T., Clementini, G., Di Fabrizio, L., Smith, H. A., Marconi, M., Musella, I., Greco, C., Kuehn, C., Catelan, M., Pritzl, B. J., & Beers, T. C. Stellar Archaeology in the Galactic Halo with the Ultra- Faint Dwarfs VI: Ursa Major II 2012, Astrophysical Journal, 752, 42 Pritzl, B. J., Olszewski, E. W., Saha, A., Venn, K. A., & Skillman, E. D. Probing the M33 Halo Using RR Lyrae Stars: The Outer Halo: 2011, Astronomical Journal, 142, 198

5 Rabidoux, K., Smith, H. A., Pritzl, B. J., Osborn, W., Kuehn, C., Randall, J., Lustig, R., Wells, K., Taylor, L., De Lee, N., Kinemuchi, K., LaCluyze, A., Hartley, D., Greenwood, C., Ingber, M., Ireland, M., Pellegrini, E., Anderson, M., Purdum, G., Lacy, J., Curtis, M., Smolinski, J., & Danford, S. Light curves and Period Changes of Type II Cepheids in the Globular Clusters M3 and M5 2010, Astronomical Journal, 139, 2300 Zorotovic, M., Catelan, M., Smith, H. A., Pritzl, B. J., Aguirre, P., Angulo, R. E., Aravena, M., Assef, R. J., Contreras, C., Cortes, C., De Martini, G., Escobar, M. E., Gonzalez, D., Jofre, P., Lacerna, I., Navarro, C., Palma, O., Prieto, G. E., Recabarren, E., Trivino, J., & Vidal E. The Globular Cluster NGC II. Variable Stars 2010, Astronomical Journal, 139, 357 Clementini, G., Contreras, R., Federici, L., Cacciari, C., Merighi, R., Smith, H.A., Catelan, M., Fusi Pecci, F., Marconi, M., Kinemuchi, K., & Pritzl, B.J. The Variable Star Population of the Globular cluster B514 in the Andromeda Galaxy 2009, Astrophysical Journal, 704, L103 L107 Greco, C., Clementini, G., Catelan, M., Held, E.V., Poretti, E., Gullieuszik, M., Maio, M., Rest, A., De Lee, N., Smith, H.A., & Pritzl, B.J. Variable Stars in the Fornax dsph Galaxy. III. The Globular Cluster Fornax , Astrophysical Journal, 701, Zorotovic, M., Catelan, M. Zoccali, M., Pritzl, B.J., Smith, H.A., Stephens, A.W., Contreras, R., & Escobar, M.E. The Globular Clusters NGC I. A New CCD BV Color- Magnitude Diagram 2009, Astronomical Journal, 137, Greco, C., Dall Ora, M., Clementini, G., Ripepi, V., Di Fabrizio, L., Kinemuchi, K., Marconi, M., Musella, I., Smith, H.A., Rodgers, C.T., Keuhn, C., Beers, T.C., Catelan, M., & Pritzl, B.J. On the Newly Discovered Canes Venatici II dsph Galaxy 2008, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 675, Kuehn, C., Kinemuchi, K., Ripepi, V., Clementini, G., Dall Ora, M., Di Fabrizio, L., Rodgers, C.T., Greco, C., Marconi, M., Musella, Il, Smith, H.A., Catelan, M., Beers, T.C., & Pritzl, B.J. Variable Stars in the Newly Discovered Milky Way Dwarf Spheroidal Satellite Canes Venatici I 2008, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 674, Greco, C., Clementini, G., Catelan, M., Held, E.V., Poretti, E., Gullieuszik, M., Maio, M., Rest, A., De Lee, N., Smith, H.A., & Pritzl, B.J. Variable Stars in the Fornax dsph Galaxy. I. The Globular Cluster Fornax , Astrophysical Journal, 670, Grossi, M., Disney, M.J., Pritzl, B.J., Knezek, P.M., Gallagher, J.S., Minchin, R.F., & Freeman, K.C. Star Formation History and Evolution of Gas- Rich Dwarf Galaxies in the Centaurus A Group 2007, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 374,

6 Catelan, M., Stetson, P.B., Pritzl, B.J., Smith, H.A., Kinemuchi, K., Layden, A.C., Sweigart, A.V., & Rich, R.M. Deep HST Photometry of NGC 6388: Age and Horizontal- Branch Luminsoty 2006, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 651, Corwin, T.M., Sumerel, A.N., Pritzl, B.J., Smith, H.A., Catelan, M., Sweigart, A.V., & Stetson, P.B. Image- Subtraction Photometry of Variable Stars in the Globular Clusters NGC 6388 and NGC , Astronomical Journal, 132, Pritzl, B.J., Venn, K.A., & Irwin, M. A Comparison of Kinematically Selected Globular Cluster and Field Star Element Ratios 2005, Astronomical Journal, 130, Salinas, R., Catelan, M., Smith, H.A., Pritzl, B.J., & Borissova, J. Newly Discovered Variable Stars in the Globular Clusters NGC 5634, Arp 2, and Terzan , International Bulletin of Variable Stars, 5640 Pritzl, B.J., Armandroff, T.E., Jacoby, G.H., & Da Costa, G.S. The Dwarf Spheroidal Companions to M31: Variable Stars in Andromeda I and Andromeda III 2005, Astronomical Journal, 129, Contreras, R., Catelan, M., Smith, H.A., Pritzl, B.J., & Borissova, J. Discovery of More Than 200 RR Lyrae Variables in M62: An Oosterhoff I Globular Cluster with a Predominantly Blue HB 2005, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 623, Catelan, M., Pritzl, B.J., & Smith, H.A. The RR Lyrae Period- Luminosity Relation. I. Theoretical Calibration 2004, Astrophysical Journal Supplemental, 154, LaCluyze, A., Smith, H.A., Gill, E.- M., Heddon, A., Kinemuchi, K., Rosas, A.M., Pritzl, B.J., Sharpee, B., Wilkinson, C., Robinson, K.W., Baldwin, M.E., & Samolyk, G. The Changing Blazhko Effect of XZ Cygni 2004, Astronomical Journal, 126, Pritzl, B.J., Armandroff, T.E., Jacoby, G.H., & Da Costa, G.S. The Dwarf Spheroidal Companions to M31: Variable Stars in Andromeda II 2004, Astronomical Journal, 127, Pritzl, B.J., Knezek, P.M., Gallagher, III, J.S., Grossi, M., Disney, M.J., Minchin, R.F., Freeman, K.C., Tolstoy, E., & Saha, A. Anomalous Evolution of the Dwarf Galaxy HIPASS J , Astrophysical Journal, 596, L47 L50 Pritzl, B.J., Smith, H.A., Stetson, P.B., Catelan, M., Sweigart, A.V., Layden, A.C., & Rich, R.M. Hubble Space Telescope Snapshot Study of Variable Stars in Globular Clusters: Inner Region of NGC , Astronomical Journal, 126,

7 Pritzl, B.J., Armandroff, T.E., Jacoby, G.H., & Da Costa, G.S. The Dwarf Spheroidal Companions to M31: Variable Stars in Andromeda VI 2002, Astronomical Journal, 124, Pritzl, B.J., Smith, H.A., Catelan, M., & Sweigart, A.V. Variable Stars in the Unusual Metal- Rich Globular Cluster NGC , Astronomical Journal, 124, Sharpee, B., Stark, M., Pritzl, B., Smith, H.A., Silbermann, N., Wilhelm, R., & Walker, A. B,V Photometry of Variable Stars in the Northeast Arm of the Small Magellanic Cloud 2002, Astronomical Journal, 123, Pritzl, B.J., Smith, H.A., Catelan, M., & Sweigart, A.V. Variable Stars in the Unusual Metal- Rich Globular Cluster NGC , Astronomical Journal, 122, Pritzl, B., Smith, H.A., Catelan, M., & Sweigart, A.V. RR Lyrae Stars in NGC 6388 and NGC 6441: A New Oosterhoff Group? 2000, Astrophysical Journal, 530, L41 L44 Suntzeff, N.B., Phillips, M.M., Covarrubias, P., Navarrette, M., Perez, J.J., Guerra, A., Acevedo, M.T., Doyle, L.R., Harrison, T., Kane, S., Long, K.S., Maza, J., Miller, S., Piatti, A.E., Claria, J.J., Ahumada, A.V., Pritzl, B., & Winkler, P.F. Optical Light Curves of the Type Ia Supernova 1998BU in M96 and the Supernova Calibration of the Hubble Constant 1999, Astronomical Journal, 117, Conference Proceedings Pritzl, B.J. Exploring M33 Through RR Lyrae Stars 40 Years of Variable Stars: A Celebration of Contributions by Horace A. Smith 2013, astro- ph/ Kuehn, C. A., Smith, H. A., Catelan, M., Jeon, Y.- B., Nemec, J. M., Walker, A. R., Kunder, A., Dame, K., Pritzl, B. J., De Lee, N., & Borissova, J. RR Lyrae in the LMC: Insights Into the Oosterhoff Phenomenon 40 Years of Variable Stars: A Celebration of Contributions by Horace A. Smith 2013, astro- ph/ Zorotoci, M., Catelan, M., Zoccali, M., Smith, H.A., & Pritzl, B.J. The Globular cluster NGC 5286: Color- Magnitude Diagram and Variable Stars Proceedings for the International Astronomical Union, Vol , p. 411 Greco, C., Clementini, G., Held, E.V., Poretti, E., Catelan, M., Federici, L., Maio, M., Gullieuszik, M., Ripepi, V., Dall Ora, M., Di Fabrizio, L., Kinemuchi, K., Di Crescienzo, M., Marconi, M., Musella, I., Pritzl, B., Rest, A., De Lee, N., & Smith, H. Looking for Building Blocks of the Galactic Halo: Variable Stars in the Fornax, Bootes I, Canes Venatici II Dwarfs and in NGC 2419 Proceedings for the International Astronomical Union, Vol , p. 411

8 Escobar, M.E., Catelan, M., Zoccali, M., Smith, H.A., Pritzl, B.J., Layden, A., Gregorsok, J., Welch, D.L., & Webb, T. The Globular Cluster M69: Color- Magnitude Diagram and Variable Stars Star Clusters: Basic Galactic Building Blocks Throughout Time and Space, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Vol , p. 390 Kuehn, C.A., Smith, H.A., Taylor, L., McClellan, R.E., Catelan, M., Pritzl, B.J., & de Lee, N. RR Lyrae in LMC Globular Clusters Stellar Pulsation: Challenges for Theory and Observations, AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol , p. 203 Ripepi, V., Clementini, G., Dall Ora, M., Kinemuchi, K., Musella, I., Marconi, M., Greco, C., di Fabrizio, L., Moretti, M.I., Smith, H.A., Kuehn, C., Rodgers, C.T., Beers, T.C., Catelan, M., & Pritzl, B.J. Stellar Archeology in the Milky Way Halo: Variable Stars and Stellar Populations in the New Milky Way Satellites Discovered by the SDSS Stellar Pulsation: Challenges for Theory and Observations, AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol , p. 200 Greco, C., Clementini, G., Held, E.E., Poretti, E., Catelan, M., Federici, L., Gullieuszik, M., Maio, M., Ripepi, V., Dall Ora, M., Di Fabrizio, L., Kinemuchi, K., di Criscienzo, M., Marconi, M., Musella, I., Rest, A., de Lee, M., Pritzl, B.J., & Smith, H. Looking for the Building Blocks of the Galactic Halo: Variable Stars in the Fornax, Bootes I, Canes Venatici II Dwarfs and in NGC 2419 Stellar Pulsation: Challenges for Theory and Observations, AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol , p. 197 Grecco, C., Clementini, G., Held, E.V., Poretti, E., Catelan, M., Dell Arciprete, L., Gullieuszik, M., Maio, M., Rizzi, L., Smith, H.A., Pritzl, B.J., Rest, A., & De Lee, N. Variable Stars in the Globular Clusters and in the Field of the Fornax dsph Galaxy Globular Clusters Guides to Galaxies, ESO Astrophysics Symposia 2009, p. 163 Dall Ora, M., Clementini, G., Ripepi, V., Kinemuchi, K., Greco, C., Kuehn, C., Musella, I., Rodgers, C.T., Di Fabrizio, L., Beers, T.C., Catelan, M., Marconi, M., Pritzl, B.J., & Smith, H.A. Stellar Populations of the Newly Discovered Satellites of the Milky Way 2008, Mem. S. A. It., 79, Contreras, R., Federici, L., Clementini, G., Cacciari, C., Merighi, R., Kinemuchi, K., Catelan, M., Fusi Pecci, F., Marconi, M., Pritzl, B., & Smith, H. RR Lyrae Stars in M31 Globular Clusters: B , Mem. S. A. It., 79, Catelan, M., Prieto, G.E., Zoccali, M., Weidner, C., Stetson, P.B., Moni Bidin, C., Altmann, M., Smith, H.A., Pritzl, B.J., Borissova, J., & De Medeiros, J.R. A Search for EHB Pulsators in the Globular Cluster NGC 6752 Hot Subdwarf Stars and Related Objects, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 392 ed. U. Heber, C.S. Jeffery, & R. Napiwotzki, 2008, p. 347

9 Greco, C., Clementini, G., Catelan, M., Poretti, E., Held, E.V., Gullieuszik, M., Maio, M., Rest, A., De Lee, N., Smith, H.A., & Pritzl, B.J. The Oosterhoff Types of the Fornax dsph Globular Clusters Stellar Populations as Building Blocks of Galaxies, Proceedings of IAU Symposium, Vol. 241 ed. A. Vazdekis & R.F. Peletier (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press), 2007, p. 343 Salinas, R., Catelan, M., Smith, H.A., & Pritzl, B.J. Newly Discovered Variable Stars in the Globular Cluster NGC 1261 IBVS, 5744 Kinemuchi, K., Clementini, G., Ripepi, V., Dall Ora, M., di Fabrizio, L., Kuehn, C., Rodgers, C.T., Musella, I., Greco, C., Marconi, M., Smith, H.A., Catelan, M., Beers, T.C., & Pritzl, B.J. Variable Stars in the SDSS Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies VI Reumion Annual Sociedad Chilena de Astronomia, 2007, p. 25 Salinas, R., Catelan, M., Smith, H.A., Pritzl, B.J., & Borissova, J. The Sagittarius dsph Globular Cluster System: Variable Stars 11 th Latin- American Regional IAU Meeting, Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica Serie de Conferencias, Vol. 26 ed. M. Rubio, L. Infante, & S. Torres- Peimbert, 2006, p. 184 Escobar, M.E., Catelan, M., Zoccali, M., Smith, H.A., Pritzl, B.J., Layden, A., Gregorsok, J., Welch, D.L., & Webb, T. The Globular Cluster M69: Color- magnitude Diagram and Variable Stars Globular Clusters Guides to Galaxies, ESO/Springer Conference Proceedings, Vol. 26 ed. T. Richtler & S. Larsen, 2006, p. 168 Clementini, G., Greco, C., Held, E.V., Poretti, E., Catelan, M., Dell Arcipreti, L., Gullieuszik, M., Maio, M., Rizzi, L., Smith, H.A., Pritzl, B.J., Rest, A., & De Lee, N. The Fornax Project 2006, Mem. S. A. It., 77, 249 Poretti, E., Dell Arciprete, L., Clementini, G., Held, E.V., Greco, C., Gullieuszik, M., Maio, M., Rizzi, L., Catelan, M., Smith, H.A., Pritzl, B., Rest, A., & De Lee, N A Large and Homogeneous Sample of SX Phe Stars in the Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy 2006, Mem. S. A. It., 77, 219 Catelan, M., Smith, H.A., Pritzl, B.J., Borissova, J., Cacciari, C., Contreras, R., Corwin, T.M., De Lee, N., Escobar, M.E., Layden, A.C., Navarro, C., Preito, G., Salinas, R., Stetson, P.B., Sweigart A.V., Vidal, E., Zoccali, M., & Zorotovic, M. Completing the Census of (Bright) Variable Stars in Galactic Globular Clusters 2005, Mem. S. A. It., 77, 202 De Lee, N., Catelan, M., Layden, A., Pritzl, B., Smith, H., Sweigart, A., & Welch, D.L. NGC 6304: A Metal- Rich Cluster with RR Lyrae? 2006, Mem. S. A. It., 77, 117

10 Greco, C., Clementini, G., Held, E.V., Poretti, E., Catelan, M., Dell Arciprete, L., Gullieuszik, M., Maio, M., Rizzi, L., Smith, H.A., Pritzl, B.J., Rest, A., & De Lee, N. Variable Stars in the Globular Clusters and in the Field of the Fornax dsph Galaxy Globular Clusters Guides to Galaxies, ESO/Springer Conference Proceedings, Vol. TBA ed. T. Richtler & S. Larsen, 2006, in press Greco, C., Clementini, G., Held, E.V., Poretti, E., Catelan, M., Dell Arciprete, L., Gullieuszik, M., Maio, M., Rizzi, L., Smith, H.A., Pritzl, B.J., Rest, A., & De Lee, N. Variable Stars in the Field and in the Clusters of the Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Resolved Stellar Populations, ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. TBA ed. D. Valls- Gabaud & M. Chavez (San Francisco: ASP), 2006, in press (astro- ph/ ) Pritzl, B.J., Venn, K.A., & Irwin, M.J. Elemental Abundance Ratio Comparisons of Globular Clusters, Field Stars, and Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies From Lithium to Uranium: Elemental Tracers of Early Cosmic Evolution, IAU Symposium Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 228 ed. V. Hill, P. Francois, & F. Primas (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press), 2005, p. 407 Grossi, M., Disney, M.J., Minchin, R.F., Pritzl, B.J., Knezek, P.M., Saha, A., Gallagher, III, J.S., & Freeman, K.C. Properties of Three Gas- Rich Dwarfs in the Centaurus A Group Satellites and Tidal Streams ed. F. Prade, D. Martinez- Delgado, & T. Mahoney (San Francisco: ASP), 2003, in press (astro- ph/ ) Catelan, M., Sweigart, A.V., Pritzl, B.J., & Smith, H.A. On the Oosterhoff Classification of the Unusual, Metal- Rich Globular Clusters NGC 6388 and NGC 6441 New Horizons in Globular Cluster Astronomy ed. G. Piotto, G. Meylan, G. Djorgovski, & M. Riello (San Francisco: ASP), 2003, 289 Pritzl, B.J., Smith, H.A., Catelan, M., & Sweigart, A.V. Metal- Rich Globular Clusters and the Second- Parameter Effect: NGC 6388 and NGC 6441 Observed HR Diagrams and Stellar Evolution: The Interplay between Observational Constraints and Theory ed. T. Lejeune & J. Fernandes (San Francisco: ASP), 202, 335 Lacluyze, A., Smith, H.A., Gill, E.- M., Hedden, A., Kinemuchi, K., Rosas, A.M., Pritzl, B.J., Sharpee, B., Robinson, K.W., Baldwin, M., & Samolyk, G. The Changing Blazhko Effect of XZ Cygni Radial and Nonradial Pulsations as Probes of Stellar Physics, ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 259 ed. C. Aerts, T.R. Bedding, & J. Christensen- Dalsgaard (San Francisco: ASP), 202, 416

11 Pritzl, B., Smith, H.A., Catelan, M., & Sweigart, A.V. Variable Stars in the Metal- Rich Globular Clusters NGC 6388 and NGC 641 The Impact of Large- Scale Surveys on Pulsating Star Research ed. L. Szabados & D.W. Kurtz (San Francisco: ASP), 2000, 261 Abstracts Pritzl, B., Gehrman, T. J., Bell, E., Salinas, R., Smith, H. A., & Catelan, M. RR Lyrae in Sagittarius Dwarf Globular Clusters 2016, 105 th Spring Meeting of the AAVSO Smith, H. A., Anderson, M., Osborn, W., Layden, A., Kopacki, G., Pritzl, B., Kelley, A., McBride, K., Alexander, M., Kuehn, C., Kilian, A., King, E., Carbajal, D., Lusting, R., & De Lee, N. Light curves and Period Changes for Type II Cepheids in the Globular Cluster M13 Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers, Vol. 43, No. 2, p 255 Kuehn, C. A., Smith, H. A., Catelan, M., Pritzl, B. J., De Lee, N. M., & Borissova, J. RR Lyrae in the Large Magellanic Cloud: New Insights Into Oosterhoff Intermediate Globular Clusters 2013, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 221, Kuehn, C. A., Smith, H. A., Catelan, M., Taylor, L., McClellan, R. E., Looper, K., De Lee, N., & Pritzl, B. J. RR Lyrae in LMC Globular Clusters: Insights Into the Oosterhoff Phenomenon and Milky Way Formation 2011, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 217, Smith, H.A., Catelan, M., Clementini, G., Kuehn, C., Pritzl, B., Beers, T., De Lee, N., Kinemuchi, K., Greco, C., Ripepi, V., Marconi, M., Musella, I., Moretti, M.I., Dall Ora, M., Contreras, R., & Zorotovic, M. The Oosterhoff Dichotomy in the Milky Way and Other Local Group Galaxies 2010, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 215, Kuehn, C.A., Smith, H.A., Taylor, L., McClellan, R.E., Catelan, M., Looper, K., Pritzl, B.J., & de Lee, N. RR Lyrae in LMC Globular Cluster 2010, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 215, Pritzl, B.J., Saha, A. Olszewski, E.W., Skillmann, E.D., Venn, K.A., & Morrison, H.L. RR Lyrae Stars in the Outer Halo of M , American Astronomical Society Meeting, 213, Chutter, A., Venn, K.A., Stetson, P.B., & Pritzl, B.J. Bolstering CMD by Buttressing Tidal Tails: Confirming Two Candidate Extragalactic Globular Clusters (NGC 5024, NGC 5466) 2008, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 212, Rabidoux, K., Smith, H.A., Randall, J., Wells, K., Taylor, L., Hartley, D., Greenwood, C., Kuehn, C., LaCluyze, A., De Lee, N., Ingber, M., Ireland, M., Kinemuchi, K., Pellegrini, E., Purdum, L.E., Pritzl, B.J., Lustig, R., Osborn, W., Lacy, J., Curtis, M., Smolinski, J. Period changes and Light Curves of Type II Cepheids in Globular clusters 2007, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 211, 60.11

12 Pritzl, B.J., Armandroff, T.E., Jacoby, G.H., & Da Costa, G.S. Variable Stars in the M31 Dwarf Spheroidal Companion Cassiopeia 2007, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 211, Kuehn, C.A., Clementini, G., Dall Ora, M., Ripepi, V., Marconi, M., Musella, I., Greco, C., Di Fabrizio, L., Kinemuchi, K., Smith, H.A., Rodgers, C., Beers, T.C., Catelan, M., & Pritzl, B.J. Variable Stars in the SDSS Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies 2007, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 211, Randall, J.M., Rabidoux, K., Smith, H.A., De Lee, N., Pritzl, B., & Osborn, W. Period Changes of Type II Cepheids in the Globular Cluster M5 2007, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 209, Kuehn, C.A., Taylor, L., Smith, H.A., Catelan, M., Pritzl, B.J., & De Lee, N. Variable Stars in the LMC Globular cluster NGC , American Astronomical Society Meeting, 209, Pritzl, B.J., Buttermore, M., Saha, A., Skillman, E.D., Venn, K.A., Morrison, H.L., & Olszewski, E.W. Using RR Lyrae Stars to Probe the M33 Halo 2006, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 209, Pritzl, B.J., Stetson, P.B., Smith, H.A., Catelan, M., Layden, A.C., Kinemuchi, K., Rich, R.M., & Sweigart, A.V. Variable Stars in the Inner Region of NGC , American Astronomical Society Meeting, 207, Rabidoux, K., Smith, H.A., Wells, K., Randall, J., Harley, D., LaCluyze, A., De Lee, N., Ingber, M., Ireland, M., Kinemuchi, K., Pellegrini, E., Purdum, L.E., Pritzl, B.J., Lustig, R., Osborn, W., Lacy, J., Curtis, M., & Smolinski, J Light Curves for Type II Cepheids in M3 and M5 2005, American Astronomical Society Metting, 207, Venn, K.A., Irwin, M.J., Pritzl, B.J., & Tout, C.A. Differences in the Nucleosynthetic Signatures of Metal- Poor Stars in dsph Galaxies and the Galactic Halo 2005, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 206, Pritzl, B.J., Venn, K.A., Ivans, I.I., Catelan, M., Stetson, P.B., Theis, C., Smith, H.A., & Stephens, A. Spectral Analysis of NGC 6388 and NGC , American Astronomical Society Meeting, 206, Catelan, M., Contreras, R., Salinas, R., Escobar, M.E., Smith, H.A., De Lee, N., Pritzl, B.J., & Borissova, J. RR Lyrae Variables in Galactic Globular Clusters 2004, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 205, Pritzl, B.J., Venn, K.A., & Irwin, M.J. A Comparison of Elemental Abundance Ratios in Globular Clusters, Field Stars, and Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies 2004, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 205, 23.05

13 Bovill, M.S., Pritzl, B.J., & Knezek, P.M. Determining the Stellar Populations of UGC , American Astronomical Society Meeting, 203, Smith, H.A., Pritzl, B.J., Catelan, M., Sweigart, A.V., De Lee, N., & Contreras, R. RR Lyrae Stars: Period- Luminosity Relations and Oosterhoff Groups 2003, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 203, Pritzl, B.J., Knezek, P.M., Grossi, M., Disney, M.J., Gallagher, J.S., Freeman, K.C., Tolstoy, E., Minchin, R.F., & Saha, A. Star Formation Histories of Three Gas- Rich dirrs in the Centaurus A Group of Galaxies 2003, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 201, Knezek, P.M., Claver, J.A., & Pritzl, B.J. Massive Stars in a Nearby, Massive, Low Surface Brightness Galaxy 2003, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 201, Knezek, P.M., & Pritzl, B.J. Star Formation Histories of Three Gas- Rich dirrs in the Centaurus A Group of Galaxies 2002 Lowell Observatory Workshop, The Outer Edges of Dwarf Irregular Galaxies: Stars and Gas Pritzl, B.J., Armandroff, T.E., Jacoby, G.H., & Da Costa, G.S. Variable Stars in the M31 Dwarf Spheroidal Companion Andromeda VI 2002, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 199, Smith, H.A., LaCluyze, A., Gill, E.- M., Hedden, A., Kinemuchi, K., Rosas, A.M., Pritzl, B.J., Sharpee, B., Robinson, K., Baldwin, M., & Samolyk, G. The Changing Blazhko Effect of XZ Cygni 2001, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 198, Pritzl, B.J., Smith, H.A., Catelan, M., & Sweigart, A.V. Variable Stars in the Second Parameter Metal- Rich Globular Clusters NGC 6388 and NGC , American Astronomical Society Meeting, 195, Pritzl, B.J., Smith, H.A., Catelan, M., & Sweigart, A.V. Variable Stars in the Metal- Rich Globular Clusters NGC 6388 and NGC , American Astronomical Society Meeting, 194, Stark, M.A., Smith, H.A., Pritzl, B., Silbermann, N.A., Wilhelm, R., & Walker, A. Light Curves of Variable Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud 1998, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 193, 46.10

Curriculum Vitae. Nathan De Lee

Curriculum Vitae. Nathan De Lee Personal Information: Curriculum Vitae Nathan De Lee Date/Place of Birth: Contact Information: November 2 1979, Rice Lake, WI, USA Nathan De Lee Department of Physics and Astronomy Michigan State University

More information

MERGERS OF GLOBULAR CLUSTERS

MERGERS OF GLOBULAR CLUSTERS MERGERS OF GLOBULAR CLUSTERS SIDNEY VAN DEN BERGH Dominion Astrophysical Observatory 5071 West Saanich Road Victoria, British Columbia V8X 4M6, Canada vandenbergh@dao.nrc.ca Received: 1996 July 1 ; accepted:

More information

Judith Gamora Cohen. Jan. 2013

Judith Gamora Cohen. Jan. 2013 1 Judith Gamora Cohen Jan. 2013 University Degrees: BA Radcliffe College, 1967 MS Caltech 1969 PhD Caltech 1971 BS(Civil engineering) U of Arizona 1977 Teaching and Research: University of California at

More information

Dwarf spheroidal satellites of M31: Variable stars and stellar populations

Dwarf spheroidal satellites of M31: Variable stars and stellar populations Dwarf spheroidal satellites of M31: Variable stars and stellar populations Felice Cusano INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna LBT Team Italy collaborators: Gisella Clementini, Alessia Garofalo, Michele

More information

Galaxies. The majority of known galaxies fall into one of three major classes: spirals (78 %), ellipticals (18 %) and irregulars (4 %).

Galaxies. The majority of known galaxies fall into one of three major classes: spirals (78 %), ellipticals (18 %) and irregulars (4 %). Galaxies Collection of stars, gas and dust bound together by their common gravitational pull. Galaxies range from 10,000 to 200,000 light-years in size. 1781 Charles Messier 1923 Edwin Hubble The distribution

More information

Substructure in the Galaxy

Substructure in the Galaxy Substructure in the Galaxy Amina Helmi Kapteyn Astronomical Institute Groningen, NL Is this how our Galaxy formed? Jeffrey Gardner Hierarchical paradigm Main characteristic of model: mergers Can we find

More information

Lecture 25: The Cosmic Distance Scale Sections 25-1, 26-4 and Box 26-1

Lecture 25: The Cosmic Distance Scale Sections 25-1, 26-4 and Box 26-1 Lecture 25: The Cosmic Distance Scale Sections 25-1, 26-4 and Box 26-1 Key Ideas The Distance Problem Geometric Distances Trigonometric Parallaxes Luminosity Distances Standard Candles Spectroscopic Parallaxes

More information

L37 1. INTRODUCTION 2. SAMPLE SELECTION, OBSERVATIONS, AND REDUCTION. The Astrophysical Journal, 508:L37 L41, 1998 November 20

L37 1. INTRODUCTION 2. SAMPLE SELECTION, OBSERVATIONS, AND REDUCTION. The Astrophysical Journal, 508:L37 L41, 1998 November 20 The Astrophysical Journal, 508:L37 L41, 1998 November 20 1998. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE WFPC2 COLOR-MAGNITUDE DIAGRAMS OF HALO GLOBULAR

More information

Variable stars in the newly discovered Milky Way satellite in

Variable stars in the newly discovered Milky Way satellite in Variable stars in the newly discovered Milky Way satellite in Boötes 1 Massimo Dall Ora, 2 Gisella Clementini, 3 Karen Kinemuchi, 4 Vincenzo Ripepi, 2 Marcella Marconi, 2 Luca Di Fabrizio, 5 Claudia Greco,

More information

Charli Sakari. 2014, Post-doctoral Research Associate Department of Astronomy, University of Washington

Charli Sakari. 2014, Post-doctoral Research Associate Department of Astronomy, University of Washington Charli Sakari Department of Astronomy Box 351580, U.W. Seattle, WA 98195-1580 Email: sakaricm@u.washington.edu 3108 NE 55 th Street Seattle, WA 98105 (541) 914-3861 Citizenship: http://www.faculty.washington.edu/sakaricm

More information

Lecture 27 Galaxy Types and the Distance Ladder December 3, 2018

Lecture 27 Galaxy Types and the Distance Ladder December 3, 2018 Lecture 27 Galaxy Types and the Distance Ladder December 3, 2018 1 2 Early Observations Some galaxies had been observed before 1900 s. Distances were not known. Some looked like faint spirals. Originally

More information

1924: Hubble classification scheme 1925: Hubble measures Cepheids (Period-Luminosity) in Andromeda case closed

1924: Hubble classification scheme 1925: Hubble measures Cepheids (Period-Luminosity) in Andromeda case closed Galaxies 1920 - Curtis-Shapley debate on nature of spiral nebulae - distribution in the sky: zone of avoidance Curtis: extinction Shapley:? - apparent brightness of stars(?) observed in some nebulae Shapley:

More information

arxiv:astro-ph/ v1 24 Feb 2003

arxiv:astro-ph/ v1 24 Feb 2003 23 arxiv:astro-ph/3248v1 24 Feb 23 Field and cluster RR Lyrae stars as stellar tracers S. Petroni Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Pisa, via Buonarroti 2, Pisa, 56127 Italy; email: petroni@df.unipi.it

More information

THE QUEST RR LYRAE SURVEY AND HALO SUB-STRUCTURE

THE QUEST RR LYRAE SURVEY AND HALO SUB-STRUCTURE THE QUEST RR LYRAE SURVEY AND HALO SUB-STRUCTURE Kathy Vivas (CIDA, Venezuela), Bob Zinn (Yale U., USA), Sonia Duffau (U. de Chile), Yara Jaffé, Jesús Hernández, Yolimar Subero (CIDA, Venezuela), G. Carraro

More information

Chapter 30. Galaxies and the Universe. Chapter 30:

Chapter 30. Galaxies and the Universe. Chapter 30: Chapter 30 Galaxies and the Universe Chapter 30: Galaxies and the Universe Chapter 30.1: Stars with varying light output allowed astronomers to map the Milky Way, which has a halo, spiral arm, and a massive

More information

DWARF GALAXIES ALSO HAVE STELLAR HALOS

DWARF GALAXIES ALSO HAVE STELLAR HALOS THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 467 : L13 L16, 1996 August 10 1996. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. DWARF GALAXIES ALSO HAVE STELLAR HALOS DANTE MINNITI 1, 2 AND ALBERT

More information

The Milky Way Formation Timescale

The Milky Way Formation Timescale Mem. S.A.It. Vol. 75, 13 c SAIt 2004 Memorie della The Milky Way Formation Timescale A. Aparicio 1,2, A. Rosenberg 2, G. Piotto 3, I. Saviane 4 and A. Recio-Blanco 3 1 Departamento de Astrofisica, Universidad

More information

Galaxies. Lecture Topics. Lecture 23. Discovering Galaxies. Galaxy properties. Local Group. History Cepheid variable stars. Classifying galaxies

Galaxies. Lecture Topics. Lecture 23. Discovering Galaxies. Galaxy properties. Local Group. History Cepheid variable stars. Classifying galaxies Galaxies Lecture 23 APOD: NGC 3628 (The Hamburger Galaxy) 1 Lecture Topics Discovering Galaxies History Cepheid variable stars Galaxy properties Classifying galaxies Local Group 2 23-1 Discovering Galaxies

More information

Astr 5465 Feb. 13, 2018 Distribution & Classification of Galaxies Distribution of Galaxies

Astr 5465 Feb. 13, 2018 Distribution & Classification of Galaxies Distribution of Galaxies Astr 5465 Feb. 13, 2018 Distribution & Classification of Galaxies Distribution of Galaxies Faintest galaxies are distributed ~ uniformly over the sky except for the Galactic plane (zone of avoidance) Brighter

More information

Zoccali et al. 2003, A&A, 399, 931. Overview of (old) Galactic components. bulge, thick disk, metal-weak halo. metallicity & age distribution

Zoccali et al. 2003, A&A, 399, 931. Overview of (old) Galactic components. bulge, thick disk, metal-weak halo. metallicity & age distribution Chap.3 The nature of Galactic components Overview of (old) Galactic components bulge, thick disk, metal-weak halo Globular clusters metallicity & age distribution Satellite galaxies spatial and metallicity

More information

Integrated-light spectroscopy of extragalactic star clusters

Integrated-light spectroscopy of extragalactic star clusters Integrated-light spectroscopy of extragalactic star clusters Søren S. Larsen Department of Astrophysics / IMAPP Radboud University, Nijmegen The Netherlands Svea Hernandez (Nijmegen), Jean Brodie, Asher

More information

An Extended View of the Pulsating Stars in the Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

An Extended View of the Pulsating Stars in the Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Kathy Vivas (CIDA, Venezuela) & Mario Mateo (University of Michigan, USA) ESO/G. Bono & CTIO An Extended View of the Pulsating Stars in the Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy CMD from Monelli et al (2003)

More information

Relativity and Astrophysics Lecture 15 Terry Herter. RR Lyrae Variables Cepheids Variables Period-Luminosity Relation. A Stellar Properties 2

Relativity and Astrophysics Lecture 15 Terry Herter. RR Lyrae Variables Cepheids Variables Period-Luminosity Relation. A Stellar Properties 2 Stellar Properties Relativity and Astrophysics Lecture 15 Terry Herter Outline Spectroscopic Parallax Masses of Stars Periodic Variable Stars RR Lyrae Variables Cepheids Variables Period-Luminosity Relation

More information

II. Morphology and Structure of Dwarf Galaxies

II. Morphology and Structure of Dwarf Galaxies II. Morphology and Structure of Dwarf Galaxies Ferguson & Binggeli 1994, A&ARev 6, 67 1 1. Properties low mass : 10 6 10 10 M slow rotators : 10 100 km s -1 low luminosity : 10 6 10 10 L low surface brightness

More information

Dwarf galaxy Abundances and Radialvelocities. Team (DART) Large Programme A Close Look at Nearby Galaxies

Dwarf galaxy Abundances and Radialvelocities. Team (DART) Large Programme A Close Look at Nearby Galaxies The Dwarf galaxy Abundances and Radial-velocities Team (DART) Large Programme A Close Look at Nearby Galaxies Eline Tolstoy Vanessa Hill Mike Irwin 3 Amina Helmi Giuseppina Battaglia Bruno Letarte Kim

More information

Relics of the hierarchical assembly of the Milky Way

Relics of the hierarchical assembly of the Milky Way Mem. S.A.It. Suppl. Vol. 5, 83 c SAIt 2004 Memorie della Supplementi Relics of the hierarchical assembly of the Milky Way M. Bellazzini INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, via Ranzani 1, 40127

More information

The Gaia-ESO Spectroscopic Survey. Survey Co-PIs. Gerry Gilmore (IoA, Cambridge) & Sofia Randich (INAF/Arcetri) >300 CoIs

The Gaia-ESO Spectroscopic Survey. Survey Co-PIs. Gerry Gilmore (IoA, Cambridge) & Sofia Randich (INAF/Arcetri) >300 CoIs The Gaia-ESO Spectroscopic Survey Survey Co-PIs Gerry Gilmore (IoA, Cambridge) & Sofia Randich (INAF/Arcetri) >300 CoIs Gaia-ESO survey context and motivations (conclusions and key words of several talks)

More information

Galaxies Guiding Questions

Galaxies Guiding Questions Galaxies Guiding Questions How did astronomers first discover other galaxies? How did astronomers first determine the distances to galaxies? Do all galaxies have spiral arms, like the Milky Way? How do

More information

arxiv:astro-ph/ v1 5 Jan 1996

arxiv:astro-ph/ v1 5 Jan 1996 A&A manuscript no. (will be inserted by hand later) Your thesaurus codes are: 01 (08.05.3; 08.08.2; 08.22.3; 11.04.1; 11.13.1) ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS 1.2.2008 The distance modulus of the Large Magellanic

More information

The King's University College Astronomy 201 Mid-Term Exam Solutions

The King's University College Astronomy 201 Mid-Term Exam Solutions The King's University College Astronomy 201 Mid-Term Exam Solutions Instructions: The exam consists of two sections. Part A is 20 multiple choice questions - please record answers on the sheet provided.

More information

The Milky Way. Overview: Number of Stars Mass Shape Size Age Sun s location. First ideas about MW structure. Wide-angle photo of the Milky Way

The Milky Way. Overview: Number of Stars Mass Shape Size Age Sun s location. First ideas about MW structure. Wide-angle photo of the Milky Way Figure 70.01 The Milky Way Wide-angle photo of the Milky Way Overview: Number of Stars Mass Shape Size Age Sun s location First ideas about MW structure Figure 70.03 Shapely (~1900): The system of globular

More information

Colors of c-type RR Lyrae Stars and Interstellar Reddening

Colors of c-type RR Lyrae Stars and Interstellar Reddening Regional Variable Star Conference: Physics & Astronomy Department, Michigan State University: 40 Years of Variable Stars: A Celebration of Contributions by Horace A. Smith ed. K. Kinemuchi (Sunspot, NM:

More information

Lecture 32: The Expanding Universe Readings: Sections 26-5 and 28-2

Lecture 32: The Expanding Universe Readings: Sections 26-5 and 28-2 Lecture 32: The Expanding Universe Readings: Sections 26-5 and 28-2 Key Ideas Measuring the Distances to Galaxies and Determining the Scale of the Universe Distance Methods: Trigonometric Parallaxes Spectroscopic

More information

Lecture 14: Other Galaxies A2020 Prof. Tom Megeath. The Milky Way in the Infrared 3/17/10. NGC 7331: the Milky Way s Twins. Spiral Galaxy bulge halo

Lecture 14: Other Galaxies A2020 Prof. Tom Megeath. The Milky Way in the Infrared 3/17/10. NGC 7331: the Milky Way s Twins. Spiral Galaxy bulge halo Lecture 14: Other Galaxies A2020 Prof. Tom Megeath Our Galaxy: Side View We see our galaxy edge-on Primary features: Disk: young and old stars where we live. Bulge: older stars Halo: oldest stars, globular

More information

Chapter 14 The Milky Way Galaxy

Chapter 14 The Milky Way Galaxy Chapter 14 The Milky Way Galaxy Spiral Galaxy M81 - similar to our Milky Way Galaxy Our Parent Galaxy A galaxy is a giant collection of stellar and interstellar matter held together by gravity Billions

More information

arxiv: v1 [astro-ph.co] 17 Sep 2009

arxiv: v1 [astro-ph.co] 17 Sep 2009 The Variable Star Population of the globular cluster B514 in the Andromeda Galaxy arxiv:0909.3303v1 [astro-ph.co] 17 Sep 2009 Gisella Clementini 1, Rodrigo Contreras 1,2, Luciana Federici 1, Carla Cacciari

More information

Stellar Populations in the Local Group

Stellar Populations in the Local Group Stellar Populations in the Local Group Recall what we ve learned from the Milky Way: Age and metallicity tend to be correlated: older -> lower heavy element content younger -> greater heavy element content

More information

Lecture Outlines. Chapter 24. Astronomy Today 8th Edition Chaisson/McMillan Pearson Education, Inc.

Lecture Outlines. Chapter 24. Astronomy Today 8th Edition Chaisson/McMillan Pearson Education, Inc. Lecture Outlines Chapter 24 Astronomy Today 8th Edition Chaisson/McMillan Chapter 24 Galaxies Units of Chapter 24 24.1 Hubble s Galaxy Classification 24.2 The Distribution of Galaxies in Space 24.3 Hubble

More information

arxiv:astro-ph/ v1 17 Aug 2001

arxiv:astro-ph/ v1 17 Aug 2001 HOW DID GLOBULAR CLUSTERS FORM? Sidney van den Bergh Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National arxiv:astro-ph/0108298v1 17 Aug 2001 Research Council of Canada, 5071

More information

Clicker Question: Galaxy Classification. What type of galaxy do we live in? The Variety of Galaxy Morphologies Another barred galaxy

Clicker Question: Galaxy Classification. What type of galaxy do we live in? The Variety of Galaxy Morphologies Another barred galaxy Galaxies Galaxies First spiral nebula found in 1845 by the Earl of Rosse. Speculated it was beyond our Galaxy. 1920 - "Great Debate" between Shapley and Curtis on whether spiral nebulae were galaxies beyond

More information

CCD photometry of variable stars in the globular cluster NGC 288

CCD photometry of variable stars in the globular cluster NGC 288 ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS SUPPLEMENT SERIES Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 120, 83-88 (1996) NOVEMBER II 1996, PAGE83 CCD photometry of variable stars in the globular cluster NGC 288 J. Kaluzny Warsaw University

More information

RR Lyrae light curve decomposition and the Oosterhoff dichotomy

RR Lyrae light curve decomposition and the Oosterhoff dichotomy RR Lyrae light curve decomposition and the Oosterhoff dichotomy A. Arellano Ferro Instituto de Astronomía Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México collaborators: Sunetra Giridhar, IIA, India Carlos Lázaro;

More information

The Structural Properties of Milky Way Dwarf Galaxies. Ricardo Muñoz (Universidad de Chile) Collaborators:

The Structural Properties of Milky Way Dwarf Galaxies. Ricardo Muñoz (Universidad de Chile) Collaborators: The Structural Properties of Milky Way Dwarf Galaxies Ricardo Muñoz (Universidad de Chile) Milky Way inner 100 kpc Collaborators: Marla Geha (Yale) Patrick Côté (HIA/DAO) Peter Stetson (HIA/DAO) Josh Simon

More information

Distance Measuring Techniques and The Milky Way Galaxy

Distance Measuring Techniques and The Milky Way Galaxy Distance Measuring Techniques and The Milky Way Galaxy Measuring distances to stars is one of the biggest challenges in Astronomy. If we had some standard candle, some star with a known luminosity, then

More information

Galaxies -- Introduction. Classification -- Feb 13, 2014

Galaxies -- Introduction. Classification -- Feb 13, 2014 Galaxies -- Introduction Classification -- Feb 13, 2014 Why Begin with Classification? The Hubble system forms the basic vocabulary of the subject. The sequence of galaxy types reflects an underlying physical

More information

Ch. 25 In-Class Notes: Beyond Our Solar System

Ch. 25 In-Class Notes: Beyond Our Solar System Ch. 25 In-Class Notes: Beyond Our Solar System ES2a. The solar system is located in an outer edge of the disc-shaped Milky Way galaxy, which spans 100,000 light years. ES2b. Galaxies are made of billions

More information

Addition to the Lecture on Galactic Evolution

Addition to the Lecture on Galactic Evolution Addition to the Lecture on Galactic Evolution Rapid Encounters In case the encounter of two galaxies is quite fast, there will be not much dynamical friction due to lack of the density enhancement The

More information

VARIABLE STARS IN LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD GLOBULAR CLUSTERS. III. RETICULUM

VARIABLE STARS IN LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD GLOBULAR CLUSTERS. III. RETICULUM C 2013. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/145/6/160 VARIABLE STARS IN LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD GLOBULAR CLUSTERS. III. RETICULUM Charles

More information

This Week in Astronomy

This Week in Astronomy Homework #8 Due Wednesday, April 18, 11:59PM Covers Chapters 15 and 16 Estimated time to complete: 40 minutes Read chapters, review notes before starting This Week in Astronomy Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

More information

The Star Clusters of the Magellanic Clouds

The Star Clusters of the Magellanic Clouds The Dance of Stars MODEST-14 The Star Clusters of the Magellanic Clouds Eva K. Grebel Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg Star Clusters in the Magellanic Clouds!

More information

The Milky Way. Finding the Center. Milky Way Composite Photo. Finding the Center. Milky Way : A band of and a. Milky Way

The Milky Way. Finding the Center. Milky Way Composite Photo. Finding the Center. Milky Way : A band of and a. Milky Way The Milky Way Milky Way : A band of and a The band of light we see is really 100 billion stars Milky Way probably looks like Andromeda. Milky Way Composite Photo Milky Way Before the 1920 s, astronomers

More information

The cosmic distance scale

The cosmic distance scale The cosmic distance scale Distance information is often crucial to understand the physics of astrophysical objects. This requires knowing the basic properties of such an object, like its size, its environment,

More information

JINA Observations, Now and in the Near Future

JINA Observations, Now and in the Near Future JINA Observations, Now and in the Near Future Timothy C. Beers Department of Physics & Astronomy Michigan State University & JINA: Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics Examples SDSS-I, II, and III

More information

The Milky Way Galaxy (ch. 23)

The Milky Way Galaxy (ch. 23) The Milky Way Galaxy (ch. 23) [Exceptions: We won t discuss sec. 23.7 (Galactic Center) much in class, but read it there will probably be a question or a few on it. In following lecture outline, numbers

More information

High quality seeing V, I and Gunn z imaging of Terzan 4: a blue horizontal branch bulge globular cluster

High quality seeing V, I and Gunn z imaging of Terzan 4: a blue horizontal branch bulge globular cluster Astron. Astrophys. 319, 850 854 (1997) ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS High quality seeing V, I and Gunn z imaging of Terzan 4: a blue horizontal branch bulge globular cluster S. Ortolani 1, B. Barbuy 2, and

More information

Milky Way S&G Ch 2. Milky Way in near 1 IR H-W Rixhttp://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/galarcheo-c15/rix/

Milky Way S&G Ch 2. Milky Way in near 1 IR   H-W Rixhttp://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/galarcheo-c15/rix/ Why study the MW? its "easy" to study: big, bright, close Allows detailed studies of stellar kinematics, stellar evolution. star formation, direct detection of dark matter?? Milky Way S&G Ch 2 Problems

More information

The Milky Way Galaxy. Some thoughts. How big is it? What does it look like? How did it end up this way? What is it made up of?

The Milky Way Galaxy. Some thoughts. How big is it? What does it look like? How did it end up this way? What is it made up of? Some thoughts The Milky Way Galaxy How big is it? What does it look like? How did it end up this way? What is it made up of? Does it change 2 3 4 5 This is not a constant zoom The Milky Way Almost everything

More information

The HERMES project. Reconstructing Galaxy Formation. Ken Freeman RSAA, ANU. The metallicity distribution in the Milky Way discs Bologna May 2012

The HERMES project. Reconstructing Galaxy Formation. Ken Freeman RSAA, ANU. The metallicity distribution in the Milky Way discs Bologna May 2012 The HERMES project Reconstructing Galaxy Formation Ken Freeman RSAA, ANU The metallicity distribution in the Milky Way discs Bologna May 2012 HERMES is a new high-resolution fiber-fed multi-object spectrometer

More information

Galaxies and Cosmology

Galaxies and Cosmology 4/28/17 The Discovery of Galaxies Up to the 1920 s, astronomers were not sure exactly how far away galaxies were, and thus didn t know how big they are! Spiral Nebulae could be assumed to be inside our

More information

Lecture #21: Plan. Normal Galaxies. Classification Properties Distances

Lecture #21: Plan. Normal Galaxies. Classification Properties Distances Lecture #21: Plan Normal Galaxies Classification Properties Distances Messier 31 = M31 Early 20 th Century The Great Debate (4/26/1920): Harlow Shapley (Mt Wilson) vs Heber Curtis (Lick Observatory) Smithsonian

More information

Hubble Science Briefing: 25 Years of Seeing Stars with the Hubble Space Telescope. March 5, 2015 Dr. Rachel Osten Dr. Alex Fullerton Dr.

Hubble Science Briefing: 25 Years of Seeing Stars with the Hubble Space Telescope. March 5, 2015 Dr. Rachel Osten Dr. Alex Fullerton Dr. Hubble Science Briefing: 25 Years of Seeing Stars with the Hubble Space Telescope March 5, 2015 Dr. Rachel Osten Dr. Alex Fullerton Dr. Jay Anderson Hubble s Insight into the Lives of Stars Comes From:

More information

RR LYRAE STARS IN LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD GLOBULAR CLUSTERS. Charles A. Kuehn III A DISSERTATION

RR LYRAE STARS IN LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD GLOBULAR CLUSTERS. Charles A. Kuehn III A DISSERTATION RR LYRAE STARS IN LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD GLOBULAR CLUSTERS By Charles A. Kuehn III A DISSERTATION Submitted to Michigan State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR

More information

Hubble sequence galaxy classification scheme, originally based on appearance, but correlates with other properties as well.

Hubble sequence galaxy classification scheme, originally based on appearance, but correlates with other properties as well. Normal Galaxies (Ch. 24) Here we will cover topics in Ch. 24 up to 24.4, but then skip 24.4, 24.5. The sections we are skipping are all about processes that occur in the centers of galaxies, so I d like

More information

Star systems like our Milky Way. Galaxies

Star systems like our Milky Way. Galaxies Galaxies Star systems like our Milky Way Galaxies Contain a few thousand to tens of billions of stars,as well as varying amounts of gas and dust Large variety of shapes and sizes Gas and Dust in

More information

Stellar Populations 55 years after the Vatican conference TABLE OF CONTENTS

Stellar Populations 55 years after the Vatican conference TABLE OF CONTENTS MEMORIE DELLA SOCIETÀ ASTRONOMICA ITALIANA Vol.86 n.2 2015 Stellar Populations 55 years after the Vatican conference Roma, July 2-4, 2012 editors: A. Omizzolo, M. Fabrizio, G. Bono TABLE OF CONTENTS Index

More information

Milky Way Satellite Galaxies with DES

Milky Way Satellite Galaxies with DES Milky Way Satellite Galaxies with DES Alex Drlica-Wagner kadrlica@fnal.gov! DES Milky Way Working Group Coordinator! January 11, 2015 Milky Way Satellite Galaxies Segue 1 The Milky Way is surrounded by

More information

Building the cosmic distance scale: from Hipparcos to Gaia

Building the cosmic distance scale: from Hipparcos to Gaia The Fundamental Distance Scale: state of the art and the Gaia perspectives 3-6 May 2011 Building the cosmic distance scale: from Hipparcos to Gaia Catherine TURON and Xavier LURI 1 ESA / ESO-H. Heyer Fundamental

More information

Halo Tidal Star Streams with DECAM. Brian Yanny Fermilab. DECam Community Workshop NOAO Tucson Aug

Halo Tidal Star Streams with DECAM. Brian Yanny Fermilab. DECam Community Workshop NOAO Tucson Aug Halo Tidal Star Streams with DECAM Brian Yanny Fermilab DECam Community Workshop NOAO Tucson Aug 19 2011 M31 (Andromeda) Our Local Group neighbors: Spiral galaxies similar to The Milky Way 150 kpc M33

More information

Galaxy classification

Galaxy classification Galaxy classification Questions of the Day What are elliptical, spiral, lenticular and dwarf galaxies? What is the Hubble sequence? What determines the colors of galaxies? Top View of the Milky Way The

More information

VARIABLE STARS IN THE UNUSUAL, METAL-RICH GLOBULAR CLUSTER NGC 6388

VARIABLE STARS IN THE UNUSUAL, METAL-RICH GLOBULAR CLUSTER NGC 6388 AJ, IN PRESS Preprint typeset using L A TEX style emulateapj v. 25/04/01 VARIABLE STARS IN THE UNUSUAL, METAL-RICH GLOBULAR CLUSTER NGC 6388 BARTON J. PRITZL 1,2 AND HORACE A. SMITH Dept. of Physics and

More information

The HII Regions of Sextans A

The HII Regions of Sextans A Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 6: 765-769, 1994 July The HII Regions of Sextans A Paul Hodge 1 Astronomy Department, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 Electronic

More information

The Cepheid distance to the LMC from the first results of the VISTA Magellanic Cloud (VMC) Survey.

The Cepheid distance to the LMC from the first results of the VISTA Magellanic Cloud (VMC) Survey. The Cepheid distance to the LMC from the first results of the VISTA Magellanic Cloud (VMC) Survey. Vincenzo Ripepi Marcella Marconi Maria Ida Moretti Gisella Clementini Maria Rosa Cioni INAF-Osservatorio

More information

24.1 Hubble s Galaxy Classification

24.1 Hubble s Galaxy Classification Chapter 24 Galaxies Units of Chapter 24 24.1 Hubble s Galaxy Classification 24.2 The Distribution of Galaxies in Space 24.3 Hubble s Law 24.4 XXActive Galactic Nuclei XXRelativistic Redshifts and Look-Back

More information

What is an ultra-faint Galaxy?

What is an ultra-faint Galaxy? What is an ultra-faint Galaxy? UCSB KITP Feb 16 2012 Beth Willman (Haverford College) Large Magellanic Cloud, M V = -18 ~ 1/10 Milky Way luminosity image credit: Yuri Beletsky (ESO) and APOD NGC 205, M

More information

The Detailed Chemical Abundance Patterns of M31 Globular Clusters

The Detailed Chemical Abundance Patterns of M31 Globular Clusters The Detailed Chemical Abundance Patterns of M31 Globular Clusters University of California Santa Cruz E-mail: jcolucci@ucolick.org Rebecca A. Bernstein University of California Santa Cruz E-mail: rab@ucolick.org

More information

Normal Galaxies (Ch. 24) + Galaxies and Dark Matter (Ch. 25) Symbolically: E0.E7.. S0..Sa..Sb..Sc..Sd..Irr

Normal Galaxies (Ch. 24) + Galaxies and Dark Matter (Ch. 25) Symbolically: E0.E7.. S0..Sa..Sb..Sc..Sd..Irr Normal Galaxies (Ch. 24) + Galaxies and Dark Matter (Ch. 25) Here we will cover topics in Ch. 24 up to 24.4, but then skip 24.4, 24.5 and proceed to 25.1, 25.2, 25.3. Then, if there is time remaining,

More information

Name Date Period. 10. convection zone 11. radiation zone 12. core

Name Date Period. 10. convection zone 11. radiation zone 12. core 240 points CHAPTER 29 STARS SECTION 29.1 The Sun (40 points this page) In your textbook, read about the properties of the Sun and the Sun s atmosphere. Use each of the terms below just once to complete

More information

The Nearest Giant Ellipticals: Rosetta Stones or Fool s Gold?

The Nearest Giant Ellipticals: Rosetta Stones or Fool s Gold? The Nearest Giant Ellipticals: Rosetta Stones or Fool s Gold? A hypothesis or theory is clear, decisive, and positive, but it is believed by no one but the man who created it. Experimental findings, on

More information

30 Doradus: Birthplace of giants and dwarfs

30 Doradus: Birthplace of giants and dwarfs Hubble Science Briefing 30 Doradus: Birthplace of giants and dwarfs Elena Sabbi June 7, 2012 Outline 1. How stars form and evolve; 2. How we can use star clusters to better understand high redshift galaxies;

More information

THE GALACTIC BULGE AND ITS GLOBULAR CLUSTERS: MOS. B. Barbuy

THE GALACTIC BULGE AND ITS GLOBULAR CLUSTERS: MOS. B. Barbuy THE GALACTIC BULGE AND ITS GLOBULAR CLUSTERS: MOS B. Barbuy IAG - Universidade de São Paulo Outline: Interest of studies on Galactic bulge and globulars Data available on metallicity,, kinematics in field

More information

VST Science in Napoli Massimo Dall'Ora INAF-OACN

VST Science in Napoli Massimo Dall'Ora INAF-OACN Exploiting VST Atlas... Durham, April15th, 2014 VST Science in Napoli Massimo Dall'Ora INAF-OACN Outline Current GTO Projects in Naples KIDS ''side'' projects ATLAS and KIDS Our Pipeline INAF-OACn: A.

More information

Luminosity Functions of Planetary Nebulae & Globular Clusters. By Azmain Nisak ASTR 8400

Luminosity Functions of Planetary Nebulae & Globular Clusters. By Azmain Nisak ASTR 8400 Luminosity Functions of Planetary Nebulae & Globular Clusters By Azmain Nisak ASTR 8400 Calculating Distance! m = apparent magnitude! M = absolute magnitude! r = distance in pc GLOBULAR CLUSTERS AS DISTANCE

More information

A100H Exploring the Universe: Discovering Galaxies. Martin D. Weinberg UMass Astronomy

A100H Exploring the Universe: Discovering Galaxies. Martin D. Weinberg UMass Astronomy A100H Exploring the Universe: Discovering Galaxies Martin D. Weinberg UMass Astronomy astron100h-mdw@courses.umass.edu April 05, 2016 Read: Chap 19 04/05/16 slide 1 Exam #2 Returned by next class meeting

More information

The Great Debate: The Size of the Universe (1920)

The Great Debate: The Size of the Universe (1920) The Great Debate: The Size of the Universe (1920) Heber Curtis Our Galaxy is rather small, with Sun near the center. 30,000 LY diameter. Universe composed of many separate galaxies Spiral nebulae = island

More information

Big Galaxies Are Rare! Cepheid Distance Measurement. Clusters of Galaxies. The Nature of Galaxies

Big Galaxies Are Rare! Cepheid Distance Measurement. Clusters of Galaxies. The Nature of Galaxies Big Galaxies Are Rare! Potato Chip Rule: More small things than large things Big, bright spirals are easy to see, but least common Dwarf ellipticals & irregulars are most common Faint, hard to see Mostly

More information

Exam 4 Review EXAM COVERS LECTURES 22-29

Exam 4 Review EXAM COVERS LECTURES 22-29 Exam 4 Review EXAM COVERS LECTURES 22-29 Theoretically is there a center of the universe? Is there an edge? Do we know where Earth is on this? There is no center to the Universe, What kind of light we

More information

arxiv: v1 [astro-ph.ga] 24 Mar 2015

arxiv: v1 [astro-ph.ga] 24 Mar 2015 The VMC survey Maria-Rosa L. Cioni & the VMC team arxiv:1503.06972v1 [astro-ph.ga] 24 Mar 2015 The VISTA survey of the Magellanic Clouds system (VMC) is a public survey project of the European Southern

More information

Astronomy 102 Lab: Distances to Galaxies

Astronomy 102 Lab: Distances to Galaxies Name: Astronomy 102 Lab: Distances to Galaxies You will access your textbook for this lab. Pre-Lab Assignment: As we began to talk about stars beyond the Sun, one of the most important pieces of information

More information

Astr 5465 Feb. 5, 2018 Kinematics of Nearby Stars

Astr 5465 Feb. 5, 2018 Kinematics of Nearby Stars Astr 5465 Feb. 5, 2018 Kinematics of Nearby Stars Properties of Nearby Stars Most in orbit with the Sun around Galactic Center Stellar Kinematics Reveal Groups of Stars with Common Space Motion (Moving

More information

The Extragalactic Distance Scale

The Extragalactic Distance Scale One of the important relations in Astronomy. It lets us Measure the distance to distance objects. Each rung on the ladder is calibrated using lower-rung calibrations. Distance Objects Technique 1-100 AU

More information

Tour of Galaxies. Sgr A* VLT in IR + adaptive optics. orbits. ASTR 1040 Accel Astro: Stars & Galaxies VLT IR+AO

Tour of Galaxies. Sgr A* VLT in IR + adaptive optics. orbits. ASTR 1040 Accel Astro: Stars & Galaxies VLT IR+AO ASTR 1040 Accel Astro: Stars & Galaxies Prof. Juri Toomre TA: Kyle Augustson Lecture 23 Tues 8 Apr 08 zeus.colorado.edu/astr1040-toomre toomre Tour of Galaxies Briefly revisit Monster in the Milky Way

More information

The Milky Way. Mass of the Galaxy, Part 2. Mass of the Galaxy, Part 1. Phys1403 Stars and Galaxies Instructor: Dr. Goderya

The Milky Way. Mass of the Galaxy, Part 2. Mass of the Galaxy, Part 1. Phys1403 Stars and Galaxies Instructor: Dr. Goderya Foundations Chapter of Astronomy 15 13e Our Milky Way Seeds Phys1403 Stars and Galaxies Instructor: Dr. Goderya Selected Topics in Chapter 15 A view our Milky Way? The Size of our Milky Way The Mass of

More information

arxiv: v1 [astro-ph.sr] 3 Jun 2009

arxiv: v1 [astro-ph.sr] 3 Jun 2009 The Leo IV dwarf spheroidal galaxy: color magnitude diagram and pulsating stars 1 arxiv:0906.0700v1 [astro-ph.sr] 3 Jun 2009 Maria Ida Moretti 2, Massimo Dall Ora 3, Vincenzo Ripepi 3, Gisella Clementini

More information

STRUCTURE OF GALAXIES

STRUCTURE OF GALAXIES STRUCTURE OF GALAXIES 2., classification, surface photometry Piet van der Kruit Kapteyn Astronomical Institute University of Groningen the Netherlands February 2010, classification, surface photometry

More information

BUILDING GALAXIES. Question 1: When and where did the stars form?

BUILDING GALAXIES. Question 1: When and where did the stars form? BUILDING GALAXIES The unprecedented accuracy of recent observations of the power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background leaves little doubt that the universe formed in a hot big bang, later cooling

More information

The Gaia-LSST Synergy: resolved stellar populations in selected Local Group stellar systems

The Gaia-LSST Synergy: resolved stellar populations in selected Local Group stellar systems The Gaia-LSST Synergy: resolved stellar populations in selected Local Group stellar systems G. Clementini 1 (gisella.clementini@inaf.it), I. Musella 2 (ilaria.musella@inaf.it), A. Chieffi 3 (alessandro.chieffi@inaf.it),

More information

Astro2010 Science White Paper: The Galactic Neighborhood (GAN)

Astro2010 Science White Paper: The Galactic Neighborhood (GAN) Astro2010 Science White Paper: The Galactic Neighborhood (GAN) Thomas M. Brown (tbrown@stsci.edu) and Marc Postman (postman@stsci.edu) Space Telescope Science Institute Daniela Calzetti (calzetti@astro.umass.edu)

More information

RR Lyraes and Distances (a neverending story)

RR Lyraes and Distances (a neverending story) RR Lyraes and Distances (a neverending story) RR Lyraes are the primary Standard Candles for Population II stellar systems and the widely used method to get their visual is tied to a linear relation between

More information

Chapter 17. Galaxies. Copyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display.

Chapter 17. Galaxies. Copyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. Chapter 17 Galaxies Copyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. Galaxies Beyond the Milky Way are billions of other galaxies Some galaxies are spiral like

More information

The Old Stellar Population Studies with Subaru Young-Wook Lee Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea

The Old Stellar Population Studies with Subaru Young-Wook Lee Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea (Some humble suggestions for) The Old Stellar Population Studies with Subaru Young-Wook Lee Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea 1. Globular cluster Dwarf galaxy Connection (Some) Globular clusters show multiple

More information