U.Va. to Probe Milky Way History in Sloan Digital Sky Survey III
Monday, December 15, 2008 - 15:28
in Astronomy & Space
A new project, the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment, or APOGEE, will survey more than 100,000 Milky Way red giant stars -- bright, bloated stars in a late stage of their evolution. APOGEE will provide enormous new insight to the processes that make stars and that drive the formation and evolution of galaxies.