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Stellar Abundances in Local Group Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Eline Tolstoy  and
Kim Venn
Eline Tolstoy
Affiliation:
Kapteyn Institute, Univ. of Groningen, the Netherlands
Kim Venn
Affiliation:
Macalester College & Univ. of Minnesota, USA

Abstract

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Here we describe some of our latest results from measuring detailed abundances in Local Group dwarf galaxies with the VLT. Combining spectroscopic abundances with Color-Magnitude diagrams allows the effective measurement of detailed chemical evolution with time in these galaxies. Although there are not yet significant numbers of individual stars observed in local group dwarf galaxies, the uniformity of the abundance patterns of the majority of stars in galaxies with very different star formation histories must hint at general properties of all star formation in these small systems.

Type
I. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 13 , 2005 , pp. 548 - 553
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2005

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