MWM Science Programs

A milk carton, showing the inspiration for the name

The Milky Way Mapper has a rich set of scientific goals facilitated by an all-sky, multi-epoch, optical and infrared survey. To achieve these goals, we have identified important stellar types to target. These programs contain a number of individual cartons, which provide the detailed selection functions. This page has a list of all the cartons used to target for DR19.

MWM has three main themes: Galaxy and its satellites, stellar companions, and stellar physics. For a more science-focused look at relevant cartons, the links to each program will take you to the program page, where the detailed selection functions of each carton associated with that program are presented.

The Galaxy and its satellites

An image of the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds over a salt flat in Brazil
Credit: Astronomy Picture of the Day; Jheison Huerta

Stellar Companions

A close-up of a planet orbiting two stars in the distance.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle

Stellar (Interior) Physics

Credit: NASA

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