The DART imaging and CaT survey of the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy

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Authors

G. Battaglia · University of Groningen

E. Tolstoy · University of Groningen

A. Helmi · University of Groningen

M. J. Irwin · University of Cambridge

B. Letarte · University of Groningen

P. Jablonka · École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

V. Hill · Observatoire de Paris

K. A. Venn ·

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Aims.As part of the DART project we have used the ESO/2.2m Wide Field Imager in conjunction with the VLT/FLAMES GIRAFFE spectrograph to study the detailed properties of the resolved stellar population of the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy out to and beyond its tidal radius. Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy has had a complicated evolution and contains significant numbers of young, intermediate age and old stars. We investigate the relation between these different components by studying their photometric, kinematic and abundance distributions.

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Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

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Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volume 459, Issue 2, pp. 423-440

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065720

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The DART imaging and CaT survey of the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy

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