We discuss recent observations of stars located close to the symmetry plane of the Milky Way, and examine them in the context of theories of Galaxy formation...
The Stellar Populations of E and S0 Galaxies as Seen with SAURON
We present selected results from integral-field spectroscopy of 48 earlytype galaxies observed as part of the SAURON survey. Maps of the Hβ Fe5015, Mgb and...
The Stellar Populations of the Bars of Barred Spirals Through Evolutionary Synthesis: First Results
As part of an ongoing project aimed at studying the age and metallicity gradients of the stellar populations along the bars of a sample of barred spirals of...
For the first time have been able to observe and combine a large number of observables for two SO galaxies NGC 5689 and NGC 7332, in order to apply a detailed...
We present a brief summary of current results on the stellar distribution and population gradients in disk galaxies, and discuss future prospects of follow-up...