Stellar Populations

Poster: Mapping the Stellar Fossil Record of M101 with HETDEX: Spatially Resolved Ages and Metallicities featured image

Poster: Mapping the Stellar Fossil Record of M101 with HETDEX: Spatially Resolved Ages and Metallicities

A poster presentation about my work investigating the stellar populations and star formation history of M101 using data from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy eXperiment …

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Ray Garner
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M101 Group: Galaxy Evolution in a Nearby Laboratory featured image

M101 Group: Galaxy Evolution in a Nearby Laboratory

I have focused on the M101 Group since graduate school. Because it is only a few megaparsecs away, this small, isolated galaxy group gives us a detailed look at how spiral galaxies …

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Ray Garner
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Peculiar Stellar Ages of the Peculiar Dwarf Galaxy NGC 5474 featured image

Peculiar Stellar Ages of the Peculiar Dwarf Galaxy NGC 5474

Using deep, narrowband imaging of the nearby peculiar spiral galaxy NGC 5474, we present stellar age information across its disk and offset bulge. As shown in earlier work on M101, …

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A Dynamic Galaxy: Stellar Age Patterns across the Disk of M101 featured image

A Dynamic Galaxy: Stellar Age Patterns across the Disk of M101

Using deep, narrowband imaging of the nearby spiral galaxy M101, we present stellar age information across the full extent of the disk of M101. Our narrowband filters measure …

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Ray Garner
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Stellar Age Patterns Across the Disk of M101 with Narrowband Imaging featured image

Stellar Age Patterns Across the Disk of M101 with Narrowband Imaging

An invited talk at the CEFCA about my work on the stellar ages and spiral arm dynamics of M101.

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Ray Garner
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PhD Thesis: Investigating the Galactic Evolution of M101 with Deep Narrowband Imaging featured image

PhD Thesis: Investigating the Galactic Evolution of M101 with Deep Narrowband Imaging

My PhD thesis defense summarizing the research and work I have done in the last five years as a PhD student in the Astronomy Department.

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Ray Garner
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