IAU General Assembly 2006

Joint Discussion 13

EXPLOITING LARGE SURVEYS FOR GALACTIC ASTRONOMY

Tuesday 22 (full day) &, Wednesday 23 (a.m.) August 2006

Coordinating Division: IV Organizing IAU Commission:Commission 45 (Stellar Classification) Participating Divisions/Commissions: I, V, VII & IX /8, 25, 27, 30, 33, 35 & 45 Proposers of the JD13: Initially members from Commission 45 OC, and then with members of other Commissions represented on the SOC.

Scientific Program Topics:

• Review of major surveys: photometric, spectroscopic, radial velocity, astrometric, variable star
• Impact of these data on models of the formation and evolution of the Galaxy and its substructures
• Limitations of surveys: photometric accuracy, spectroscopic discrimination, calibration, parameterization, population synthesis
• Future strategies for space- and ground-based surveys
• Contributed proposals for optimizing surveys and discussion

Slides of the talks now on line here - or find under Program, then Speakers

The Proceedings, including full poster images, on line through the Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana, Vol. 77 n. 4, 2006