Using color-magnitude diagrams and spectroscopy to derive star formation histories: VLT observations of Fornax
We undertook a study of the star formation and chemical enrichment history of the Fornax dSph galaxy. We used the VLT with FORS1 to obtain photometry reaching the oldest main-sequence turnoffs and Ca II triplet spectroscopy of a sample of red giant branch stars in the same fields. The observations and the main results are described.
Gallart, C. et al.
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