Programme by Session

Schedule

date time

Talk start

14:00

Abstract details

Title of Abstract

The MOONS survey of the reddened Milky Way

Date Submitted

2019-03-20 16:59:44

Presenting author first name

Oscar

Surname

Gonzalez

Institution

UKATC

Author List (including presenting author)

MOONS Galactic Science Team

Abstract

MOONS technical specifications, powered by the 8.2m telescope aperture of the VLT, make it the ideal workhorse to map the stellar populations of highly reddened regions of the Milky Way such as the Galactic plane and young star clusters. In this presentation, I will describe the plans of our MOONS Galactic survey, currently in its design stage. I will describe its complementary nature with other Galactic archaeology surveys, highlighting the wide range of science cases that can be addressed from MOONS mapping the southern disk and bulge at low Galactic latitudes.

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