Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

Amount

$555,076.00

Award Date

8/08/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Dr Gebhardt and his team will use a fiber-fed spectrograph at the McDonald 2.7-meter telescope to measure stellar motions in the outer parts of nearby elliptical galaxies. The large fibers will gather diffuse light over a 2-arcminute field of view, which