Stellar Systems Group

Markova, N.; Evans, C. J.; Bastian, N.; Beletsky, Y.; Bestenlehner, J.; Brott, I.; Cantiello, M.; Carraro, G.; Clark, J. S.; Crowther, P. A.; de Koter, A.; de Mink, S. D.; Doran, E.; Dufton, P. L.; Dunstall, P.; Gieles, M.; Gräefener, G.; Henault-Brunet, V.; Herrero, A.; Howarth, I. D.; Langer, N.; Lennon, D. J.; Maíz-Appellániz, J.; Najarro, F.; Puls, J.; Sana, H.; Simón-Díaz, S.; Smartt, S. J.; Stroud, V. E.; Taylor, W. D.; van Loon, J. Th.; Vink, J. S.; Walborn, N. R.
Bulgarian Astronomical Journal, Vol. 15, p. 29
12/2011

ABSTRACT

The Tarantula survey is an ESO Large Programme which has obtained multi-epochs spectroscopy of over 800 massive stars in the 30 Dor region in the Large Magelanic Cloud. Here we briefly describe the main drivers of the survey and the observational material derived.