The Governing Council of the University of Toronto

$97,900.00 CAD

≈ 15 months of average Canadian pay

Department: Canadian Space Agency
Program: Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Recipient country: Canada
Fiscal year: 2024-2025
Agreement period: March 19, 2025 – March 1, 2027
Reference: csa-asc:003-2024-2025-Q4-00019

Published purpose

this program leverages the unique spectroscopic and imaging capabilities of JWST to measure the chemical composition, velocities, and ages of stars across the disk of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) in a level of detail that has, until JWST, only been possible within our own Milky Way galaxy. This novel dataset will provide the first spatial profile of detailed star-by-star stellar chemistry in an external spiral galaxy as well as the most precise constraints on the historical star formation of M31’s inner disk to date.

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