Back to the article index

Article Contents

ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.DETAILED STAR FORMATION HISTORIES

2.1.Techniques: Synthetic CMD analysis

2.1.1.An Example:

2.1.2.Testing the Reliability:

2.2.Observations: Dwarf Galaxies in the Local Group

2.2.1.Early-type Dwarf Galaxies:

2.2.2.Late-type Dwarf Galaxies:

2.2.3Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies

2.2.4.The Small Magellanic Cloud:

2.3.Beyond the Local Group

3.STELLAR KINEMATICS AND METALLICITIES

3.1.Early-Type Dwarfs

3.1.1.Galactic dSphs:

3.1.2.More Distant dSphs:

3.1.3.Dwarf galaxies around M 31

3.2.Late-Type Dwarfs

3.3.Ultra-Faint Dwarfs