The VST Survey of the SMC and the Magellanic Bridge (STEP): First Results

V Ripepi ,A Nota,Eva K Grebel ,F Cusano ,M R L Cioni ,I Musella ,M Dall’ora ,M Capaccioli ,F Getman ,A Grado ,J Gallagher ,M Marconi ,D Romano ,M Tosi ,N R Napolitano ,L Limatola ,E Sabbi ,Michele Cantiello ,E Brocato ,P Schipani ,M Cignoni ,F Palla ,G Clementini ,E Cappellaro ,Gabriella Raimondo ,Giuseppina Coppola ,S Zaggia

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-19330-4_23

The VST Survey of the SMC and the Magellanic Bridge (STEP): First Results

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19330-4_23

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Publication Date: Jan 1, 2016

Affiliation: Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Space Telescope Science Institute, Heidelberg University, Osservatorio astronomico di Bologna, University of Hertfordshire, Federico II University Hospital, University of Wisconsin–Madison, National Institute for Astrophysics, Astronomical Observatory of Rome, Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova

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STEP (Small Magellanic Cloud in Time: Evolution of a Prototype interacting late-type dwarf galaxy) is a Guaranteed Time Observation survey being carried out at the VLT Survey Telescope. STEP will obtain homogeneous photometry in the g-, r-, i- and Hα-bands over an area of 74 deg2 covering the main body of the Small Magellanic Cloud, the Bridge that connects it to the Large Magellanic Cloud and a small part of the Magellanic Stream (2 deg2). Our photometry will allow us to detect and measure the magnitudes of individual stars well below the main sequence turnoff of the oldest populations. Here we briefly describe the observing strategy, the photometric techniques, and the upcoming data products of the STEP survey.

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