The Near-Infrared Imaging of the Andromeda Galaxy

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is an ideal target for detailed studies of galaxy structure and tests of stellar population models. This thesis presents deep Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope WIRCam near-infrared J- and Ks-band photometric maps of M31. These near-infrared data alleviate the age-metallicity-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sick, Jonathan
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Language:en
en
Published: 2010
Subjects:
M31
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6226