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arXivResearchAug 11, 20261 min

Radial Stellar Age Gradients in 42 Local Volume Dwarf Galaxies

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We present radial stellar age gradients measured from star formation histories (SFHs) fit to resolved color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) of 42 Local Volume dwarfs (6$\lesssim$Log M$_{\star}$/M$_{\odot}$$\lesssim$9), spatially divided into elliptical annuli. Ages in each annulus are quantified using $\tau_{90}$ and $\tau_{50}$, the lookback times to form 90%...

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