Using color-magnitude diagrams and spectroscopy to derive star formation histories: VLT observations of Fornax

Bibcode
2002Msngr.108...16G
Gallart, C.; Zinn, Robert; Pont, Frederic; Hardy, Eduardo; Marconi, Gianni; Buonanno, Roberto
Bibliographical reference

The Messenger, No. 108, p. 16 - 20 (June 2002)

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6
2002
Number of authors
6
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
5
Refereed citations
4
Description
We undertook a study of the star formation and chemical enrichment history of the Fornax dSph galaxy. We used the VLT with FORS1 to obtain photometry reaching the oldest main-sequence turnoffs and Ca II triplet spectroscopy of a sample of red giant branch stars in the same fields. The observations and the main results are described.
Type
Non-refereed
Star formation
Dwarf galaxies

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