Local Group and Star Cluster Dynamics from HSTPROMO (The Hubble Space Telescope Proper Motion Collaboration)
Abstract
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has proven to be uniquely suited for the measurement of proper motions (PMs) of stars and galaxies in the nearby Universe. Here we summarize the main results and ongoing studies of the HSTPROMO collaboration, which over the past decade has executed some two dozen observational and theoretical HST projects on this topic. This is continuing to revolutionize our dynamical understanding of many objects, including: globular clusters; young star clusters; stars and stellar streams in the Milky Way halo; Local Group galaxies, including dwarf satellite galaxies, the Magellanic Clouds, and the Andromeda galaxy; and AGN Black Hole Jets.
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@article{arxiv.1309.2014,
title = {Local Group and Star Cluster Dynamics from HSTPROMO (The Hubble Space Telescope Proper Motion Collaboration)},
author = {Roeland P. van der Marel and Jay Anderson and Andrea Bellini and Gurtina Besla and Paolo Bianchini and Mike Boylan-Kolchin and Julio Chaname and Alis Deason and Tuan Do and Puragra Guhathakurta and Nitya Kallivayalil and Danny Lennon and Davide Massari and Eileen Meyer and Imants Platais and Elena Sabbi and Sangmo Tony Sohn and Mario Soto and Michele Trenti and Laura Watkins},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.2014},
year = {2013}
}
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To appear in "Structure and Dynamics of Disk Galaxies", M. S. Seigar and P. Treuthardt, eds., ASP Conference Series. Visit the HSTPROMO home page at http://www.stsci.edu/~marel/hstpromo.html for more information, movies, and images