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Stellar populations – the next ten years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2006

J. Bland-Hawthorn
J. Bland-Hawthorn*
Affiliation:
Anglo-Australian Observatory, PO Box 296, Epping, NSW 2121, Australia
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The study of stellar populations is a discipline that is highly dependent on both imaging and spectroscopy. I discuss techniques in different regimes of resolving power: broadband imaging (R∼4), intermediate band imaging (R∼16, 64), narrowband spectral imaging (R∼256, 1024, 4096). In recent years, we have seen major advances in broadband all-sky surveys that are set to continue across optical and IR bands, with the added benefit of the time domain, higher sensitivity, and improved photometric accuracy. Tunable filters and integral field spectrographs are poised to make further inroads into intermediate and narrowband imaging studies of stellar populations. Further advances will come from AO-assisted imaging and imaging spectroscopy, although photometric accuracy will be challenging. Integral field spectroscopy will continue to have a major impact on future stellar population studies, extending into the near infrared once the OH suppression problem is finally resolved. A sky rendered dark will allow a host of new ideas to be explored, and old ideas to be revisited.

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S241: Stellar Populations as Building Blocks of Galaxies , December 2006 , pp. 577 - 589
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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