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Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey
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Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey (PAndAS) was a large-scale astronomical survey using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. The survey captured data from over 400 square degrees for 226 hours from 2008 to 2012.[1][2]
The survey explored the structure and content of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and its neighbour, the Triangulum Galaxy (M33). Clues to the formation of these galaxies may[clarification needed] lie within the vast space being studied. PAndAS searched for this history, hence the term "galactic archaeology". The project was headed by Dr. Alan McConnachie at the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (NRC-HIA), and involved over twenty five investigators from that institute, as well as from universities in Canada, France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia.[3]
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- ↑ "PandAS". https://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/Science/PandAS/.
- ↑ McConnachie, Alan W.; Ibata, Rodrigo; Martin, Nicolas; Ferguson, Annette M. N.; Collins, Michelle; Gwyn, Stephen; Irwin, Mike; Lewis, Geraint F. et al. (November 2018). "The Large-scale Structure of the Halo of the Andromeda Galaxy. II. Hierarchical Structure in the Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey" (in en). The Astrophysical Journal 868 (1): 55. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aae8e7. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode: 2018ApJ...868...55M.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-12-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20121230042604/http://archive.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/projects/hia/pandas.html. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
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