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astro-ph2003
The TESIS project: revealing massive early-type galaxies at z>1
P. Saracco, M. Longhetti, P. Severgnini +8
We present the preliminary results of an on-going near-IR low resolution spectroscopic follow-up of a complete sample of 30 bright (K'<18.5) EROs selected over 360 arcmin^2 from th…
astro-ph2003
Star-Forming Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey -- The View from Pittsburgh
Regina E. Schulte-Ladbeck, Christopher J. Miller, Ulrich Hopp +4
We used data from the Data Release 1 (DR1) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) in order to define a catalog of about 13,000 star-forming galaxies (SFG). We discuss the results o…
astro-ph2003
Variable Star Monitoring in Local Group Dwarf Irregular Galaxies
Jan Snigula, Claus Goessl, Ulrich Hopp +1
Dwarf galaxies in the local group provide a unique astrophysical laboratory. Despite their proximity some of these systems still lack a reliable distance determination as well as s…