What stars can tell us about galaxies: star formation histories in the Local Group

Gallart, C.
Bibliographical reference

Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VII, Proceedings of the X Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA), held in Valencia, July 9 - 13, 2012, Eds.: J.C. Guirado, L.M. Lara, V. Quilis, and J. Gorgas., pp.134-145

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2013
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Description
The formation and evolution of Local Group galaxies can be studied in the greatest possible detail thanks to the possibility of obtaining photometry and spectroscopy of their individual stars. I present an overview of different methods that can be combined for their study, and discuss recent results on the star formation history of a sample of Local Group isolated dwarf galaxies, and the Large Magellanic Cloud.