Seminar: PAndAS Puppies: The Dwarf Population of Andromeda

Prof Geraint Lewis 

University of Sydney

Dwarf galaxies in a plot around Andromeda.

Dwarf galaxies around Andromeda. Credit: Geraint Lewis.

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Deep panoramic surveys of Andromeda have yielded a wealth of dwarf galaxies. In this talk I will report on the Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey (PAndAS) and present our recent discoveries of the dwarf galaxy population, showing how a new approach to determining the distance has revealed the full 3D distribution of the population. As a potential probe of cosmology, I conclude with a mulling of what this distribution actually tells us.

 

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3:30pm, 14th December 2011
Seminar Room, ICRAR Fairway

Refreshments will be served following the seminar  

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