Astrophysical: Local Group

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    Stellar populations in the Local Group starburst galaxy IC10
    We present preliminary results of a photometric investigation on IC10 using data collected with ACS@HSTS and WFPC2@HST. We estimate the distance using the Tip...
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    Study of the Sextans dwarf spheroidal galaxy from the DART Ca II triplet survey
    We use Very Large Telescope (VLT)/Fibre Large Array Multi Element Spectrograph (FLAMES) intermediate-resolution (R˜ 6500) spectra of individual red giant branch...
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    Studying old populations with RR Lyrae Variables in the Local Group
    We want to study the characteristics and the physical extent of the old populations in a sample of Local Group galaxies in different environments, from the dSph...
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    Tales from the Milky Way's dwarf galaxies
    The immediate surroundings of our Milky Way galaxy are home to a number of dwarf galaxies, whose variety in shape, size, spatial location and velocity tells us...
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    The ACS LCID Project - VIII. The short-period Cepheids of Leo A
    We present the results of a new search for variable stars in the Local Group dwarf galaxy Leo A, based on deep photometry from the Advanced Camera for Surveys...
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    The ACS LCID Project. I. Short-Period Variables in the Isolated Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies Cetus and Tucana
    We present the first study of the variable star populations in the isolated dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) Cetus and Tucana. Based on Hubble Space Telescope...
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    The ACS LCID Project. II. Faint Variable Stars in the Isolated Dwarf Irregular Galaxy IC 1613
    We present the results of a new search for variable stars in the Local Group (LG) isolated dwarf galaxy IC 1613, based on 24 orbits of F475W and F814W...
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    The ACS LCID Project. IV. Detection of the Red Giant Branch Bump in Isolated Galaxies of the Local Group
    We report the detection and analysis of the red giant branch (RGB) luminosity function bump in a sample of isolated dwarf galaxies in the Local Group. We have...
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    The ACS LCID Project. VI. The Star Formation History of The Tucana dSph and The Relative Ages of the Isolated dSph Galaxies
    We present a detailed study of the star formation history (SFH) of the Tucana dwarf spheroidal galaxy. High-quality, deep HST/ACS data, collected in the...