Bibcode
Aparicio, A.
Bibliographical reference
The Magellanic Clouds and Other Dwarf Galaxies, Proceedings of the Bonn/Bochum-Graduiertenkolleg Workshop, held at the Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany, January 19-22, 1998, Eds.: T. Richtler and J.M. Braun, Shaker Verlag, Aachen, ISBN 3-8265-4457-9, p. 107-110,
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1998
Citations
2
Refereed citations
2
Description
The synthetic color-magnitude diagram (CMD) methodology to study the
star formation history (SFH) of nearby galaxies is briefly reviewed.
Firstly the most significant features of the CMD for this task are
discussed. Then, the procedure of computing synthetic CMDs is explained
and the main results obtained by our group in the last few years
summarized. Finally, for the purpose of showing the potentiality of the
synthetic CMD methodology, sketches of the SFHs of Carina and Fornax are
used to build-up synthetic CMDs qualitatively reproducing the observed
CMDs of these two galaxies.