Overview of the SDSS-IV MaNGA survey: mapping nearby galaxies at Apache Point Observatory

We present an overview of a new integral field spectroscopic survey called MaNGA (Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory), one of three core programs in the fourth-generation Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-IV) that began on 2014 July 1. MaNGA will investigate the internal kinematic stru...

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Main Authors: Bundy, Kevin, Bershady, Matthew A., Law, David R., Yan, Renbin, Drory, Niv, MacDonald, Nicholas, Wake, David A., Cherinka, Brian, Sánchez-Gallego, José R., Weijmans, Anne-Marie, Thomas, Daniel, Tremonti, Christy, Masters, Karen, Coccato, Lodovico, Diamond-Stanic, Aleksandar M., Aragón-Salamanca, Alfonso, Avila-Reese, Vladimir, Badenes, Carles, Falcón-Barroso, Jésus, Belfiore, Francesco, Bizyaev, Dmitry, Blanc, Guillermo A., Bland-Hawthorn, Joss, Blanton, Michael R., Brownstein, Joel R., Byler, Nell, Cappellari, Michele, Conroy, Charlie, Dutton, Aaron A., Emsellem, Eric, Etherington, James, Frinchaboy, Peter M., Fu, Hai, Gunn, James E., Harding, Paul, Johnston, Evelyn J., Kauffmann, Guinevere, Kinemuchi, Karen, Klaene, Mark A., Knapen, Johan H., Leauthaud, Alexie, Li, Cheng, Lin, Lihwai, Maiolino, Roberto, Malanushenko, Viktor, Malanushenko, Elena, Mao, Shude, Maraston, Claudia, McDermid, Richard M., Merrifield, Michael R., Nichol, Robert C., Oravetz, Daniel, Pan, Kaike, Parejko, John K., Sanchez, Sebastian F., Schlegel, David, Simmons, Audrey, Steele, Oliver, Steinmetz, Matthias, Thanjavur, Karun, Thompson, Benjamin A., Tinker, Jeremy L., van den Bosch, Remco C. E., Westfall, Kyle B., Wilkinson, David, Wright, Shelley, Xiao, Ting, Zhang, Kai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Astronomical Society 2014
Online Access:http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34791/
http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34791/
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http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34791/1/apj_798_1_7.pdf