'Blue horizontal branch stars' diaporamas de présentation

The Nature of the Halo of the Galaxy as Revealed by SDSS/SEGUE

The Nature of the Halo of the Galaxy as Revealed by SDSS/SEGUE. Timothy C. Beers Dept. of Physics & Astronomy and JINA: Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics Michigan State University. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The most ambitious astronomy project ever undertaken

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A SkyMapper Update

A SkyMapper Update. Stefan Keller. Who is SkyMapper?. Brian Schmidt (PS) Mike Bessell Peter Conroy Paul Francis Andrew Granlund Stefan Keller Errol Kowald A. Paddy Oates Tony Martin-Jones Tim Preston Patrick Tisserand Annino Vaccarella Mark Waterson.

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Finding & Using BHB Stars to Investigate Galactic Halo Dynamics

Peter Mares Cornell University REU CTIO 2008 Mentors: Roberto de Propris and Craig Harrison. Finding & Using BHB Stars to Investigate Galactic Halo Dynamics. What are BHB Stars?. Blue Horizontal Branch Stars A-type stars Post MS and Red Giant Constant luminosity Distance indicators

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