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Stellar Spectroscopy of Individual Stars in Local Group Galaxies with the VLT: Kinematics and Calcium Triplet abundances
E. Tolstoy [1], M. Irwin [2], A. Cole [1],
F. Fraternali [3,4], T. Szeifert [5], G. Marconi [5]
[1] Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen, the Netherlands;
[2] Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom;
[3] ASTRON, Dwingeloo, the Netherlands;
[4] Dept of Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom;
[5] European Southern Observatory
Abstract:
The large collecting area and high-throughput multi-object instruments on the VLT make it possible to carry out detailed studies of stellar properties and distributions in environments well beyond our Galaxy.
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