The central region of the dwarf starburst galaxy NGC1705 as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. At a distance of 5.1 Mpc, most of the individual stars of NGC 1705 are out of range of all but the sharp eyes of HST. The bright concentration at the galaxy center is a Super Star Cluster. From these data, the star formation history of the galaxy has been derived at the INAF - Bologna Observatory. Image Credit: Tosi, NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team.
People involved at OAB:
The evolution of stellar populations and stellar systems is a very
active research field at the OAB since its foundation.
The interests range from the evolution
of galaxies to Galactic and extragalactic globular cluster systems, from
binaries to variable stars, from pulsars to LMXBs, covering the whole range of
astronomical wavelengths.
The present description of the activity in the year 2003 has been organized in a few main sections to provide a very general overview: 1. The Galaxy, 2. Globular clusters, 3. Nearby Galaxies, 4. Population Synthesis, 5. Pulsating Variable stars, 6. Eclipsing binaries, 7. Planetary Nebulae.
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