The Local Group Census
PI: Dr Nicholas Walton
Summary of Programme
The Local Group Census (LGC) will provide a unique deep narrow
band image resource of all Local Group (LG) galaxies in the northern
hemisphere (M_V brighter than -14). This will enable both
old and new emission line populations (e.g. PN, LBVs) to be cataloged
to unprecedented levels. The LGC will be enhanced with complementary
broad band data to probe the linkages between stellar populations
(e.g. AGB --> PN) in the range of LG galaxies. Analysis of
the population samples across the wide range of galaxy types seen in
the LG will aid in the understanding of the LG evolutionary processes,
and the role of the stellar populations in e.g. chemical enrichment
of the LG. The LGC object catalogues will be an invaluable resource
for further spectroscopic and kinematical studies with 8-m telescopes.
The
Local Group Census homepage gives more information about
this project.
The complete application
is available for download in gzipped postscript format.
This page last updated: 25 May 2001 by Nic Walton
( naw@ing.iac.es )
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