Exploiting SkyMapper for Galactic Astrophysics

skyymapper望远镜将于2014年第二季度开始对整个南半球天空进行数字成像调查。该项目旨在利用SkyMapper的调查数据来发现和描述我们银河系中最古老和最缺乏金属的恒星，限制化学元素的起源和银河系形成初期发生的恒星形成过程。与此同时，该项目将使用skyymapper和其他成像数据来增加对银河系晕和我们最近的星系麦哲伦云形成的了解。

The SkyMapper telescope will commence a digital imaging survey of the entire southern hemisphere sky in the second quarter of 2014. This project aims to exploit the SkyMapper survey data to discover and characterise the oldest and most metal-poor stars in our Galaxy, constraining both the origin of the chemical elements and the star formation processes that occurred during the initial stages of our Galaxy's formation. At the same time the project will use SkyMapper and other imaging data to increase understanding of the formation of the Galactic halo and of our nearest galaxy neighbours, the Magellanic Clouds.