Old stars in dwarf irregular galaxies: WLM and NGC3109

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Minniti, D [1 ]
Rejkuba, M [1 ]
Zijlstra, AA [1 ]
Alonso, MV [1 ]
Gregg, M [1 ]
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[1] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Dept Astron, Santiago, Chile
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FROM EXTRASOLAR PLANETS TO COSMOLOGY: THE VLT OPENING SYMPOSIUM | 2000年
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10.1007/10720961_43
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P1 [天文学];
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We present evidence for the existence of old stellar halos in the dwarf irregular galaxies WLM and NGC3109, located in the outskirts of the Local Group. These halos consist of metal-poor ([Fc/H] < -1) and old (t > 10(10) yr) stars, as inferred from deep optical color-magnitude diagrams obtained with the ESO NTT and with STIS on-board the HST. Future VLT spectroscopy will allow us to measure the kinematics of stars in these halos and also to estimate the dark matter content of these galaxies.
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