Resolved stellar
population with ELT
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Simulated 2 arcsec FoV image for an elliptical galaxy in Virgo
The expected imaging capabilities of
future Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs) will offer the
unique possibility to investigate the stellar
population of distant galaxies from the photometry of
the stars in very crowded fields.
List of contributions and papers:
- Studying the metallicity gradient in Virgo cluster with ELT photometry of resolved stellar population.
Schreiber, L., Greggio, L. ,Falomo, R. , Fantinel, D. , Uslenghi, M.. 2014, MNRAS 437 2966 arxiv.org/abs/1311.1003 (PDF)
- Probing the nuclear star cluster of galaxies with ELTs.Gullieuszik, M., Greggio, L., Falomo, R. ,Schreiber, L., Uslenghi, M.. 2014 , A&A 568 89 , arXiv:1406.7818