Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 1989. 27: 139-59 Copyright © 1989 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved

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Table of Contents

• STELLAR POPULATIONS
• The Two-Point Diagram
• The Population Line
• The Population Plane
• THE POPULATION BOX
• DIAGNOSES FOR LOCAL GROUP GALAXIES
• CRITERIA FOR THE PRESENCE OF 15-GYR-OLD STARS
• Main Sequence Fitting
• RR Lyrae Stars
• Globular Clusters
• POPULATIONS IN LOCAL GROUP GALAXIES
• M31
• M33
• The LMC
• The SMC
• NGC 205
• M32
• NGC 6822
• NGC 185
• IC 1613
• NGC 147
• Fornax
• Sculptor
• Leo I
• Leo II
• Ursa Minor
• Draco
• Carina
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES