'Outer halo' presentation slideshows

The Most Metal-Poor Stars in the Galaxy

The Most Metal-Poor Stars in the Galaxy. Timothy C. Beers Department of Physics & Astronomy Michigan State University & JINA: Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics. SDSS. Why the Fascination with Large Numbers of MP Stars ?.

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Timothy C. Beers National Optical Astronomy Observatory

Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor (CEMP) stars: probes of nucleosynthesis from the first generation of stars in the Universe. Timothy C. Beers National Optical Astronomy Observatory. SDSS. First-generation objects of high mass presumably formed from metal-free gas Lived short lives (Myrs)

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Formation of Galaxies

Formation of Galaxies. Robert Feldmann, Rovinj 2003. Outline. Introduction ELS scenario S-Z scenario Massive elliptical galaxies Summary Literature. Introduction. Investigation of the history of galaxies First approach: Chemical content Kinematics Spatial distribution

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Timothy C. Beers National Optical Astronomy Observatory

Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor (CEMP) stars: probes of nucleosynthesis from the first generation of stars in the Universe. Timothy C. Beers National Optical Astronomy Observatory. SDSS. First-generation objects of high mass presumably formed from metal-free gas Lived short lives (Myrs)

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A Galactic halo road map

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IAU General Assembly 2009 Symposium

The Current View of the Halo System of the Milky Way. Daniela Carollo Macquarie University Research Centre in Astronomy, Astrophysics & Astrophotonics Department of Physics & Astronomy, Macquarie University. IAU General Assembly 2009 Symposium. Aboriginal Art Milky Way Dreaming G. Possum.

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The Need for Speed: Parallelization in GEM

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The Metal-Poor Halo of the Andromeda Spiral Galaxy

The Metal-Poor Halo of the Andromeda Spiral Galaxy. Jason Kalirai (University of California at Santa Cruz). The M31 Team: UCSC - Raja Guhathakurta, Karrie Gilbert & Carynn Luine U. Virginia - Steve Majewski, Jamie Ostheimer, & Ricky Patterson UCLA - Michael Rich & David Reitzel

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Probing the formation of the Milky Way with WFMOS

Miho Ishigaki 1 , Masashi Chiba 1 , Wako Aoki 2 , Lang Zhang 3 Tohoku University NAOJ National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Science. Probing the formation of the Milky Way with WFMOS. Outline. Background Chemical abundance of the Milky Way outer halo with Subaru/HDS

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Probing the formation of the Milky Way with WFMOS

Miho Ishigaki 1 , Masashi Chiba 1 , Wako Aoki 2 , Lang Zhang 3 Tohoku University NAOJ National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Science. Probing the formation of the Milky Way with WFMOS. Outline. Background Chemical abundance of the Milky Way outer halo with Subaru/HDS

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Surveying the Galaxy: classical methods applied to topical science and the role of the ING

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