Development, Operation and Maintenance of the Automated     Plate Scanner
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Among the basic uncertainties in our understanding of both                      galactic and stellar evolution are questions concerning how the                 stellar content and evolution of the stars may depend on chemical               composition, possible variations in the initial mass function of                star formation, and especially on the morphological type of the                 galaxy.  The research program outlined here will provide some of                the observational data necessary to begin answering these                       questions.                                                                                                                                                      Specifically, a stellar content survey of the nearby Sb-type                    spiral galaxy M31 will be carried out.  The initial results of a                survey of the brightest stars in M31 show that they are less                    luminous than their counterparts in Sc spirals and the Magellanic               irregular galaxies.  This first look suggests that the formation                and evolution of the most massive stars may depend on the                       morphological type.  An investigation of the star forming regions               in the peculiar galaxy Centaurus A will be done.                                                                                                                Studies of the very luminous hypergiant stars, which define the                 upper luminosity boundary in the Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagram               and includes the Hubble-Sandage variables and the cooler                        hypergiants, will be carried out.  A quantitative spectroscopic                 study of the peculiar A-type supergiant stars with anomalously                  strong hydrogen lines has begun.  These stars may be the more                   evolved supergiant stars in the Helium burning stage. Their                     identification and location on the HR diagram is very important                 for stellar evolution studies.
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{'Code': '121700', 'Text': 'EXTRAGALACTIC ASTRON & COSMOLO'}
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