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Basic information to get started with the galaxy spectral modelling tool Beagle
https://www.iap.fr/beagle/
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Age of the stellar population #76

Closed steveschulze closed 6 years ago

steveschulze commented 6 years ago

Hi Jacopo,

I am using the delayed SFH. Is it possible to extract a figure for the age of the stellar population for this model?

Cheers,

Steve

jacopo-chevallard commented 6 years ago

Hi Steve, yes it is possible, you have multiple possible definitions of "age". If you use the max_stellar_age parameter, this parameter will give you the age of the oldest stars in the galaxy. Otherwise, you can always use the mass_w_age, which is the mass-weighted age (you may want to take a look at the manual for the different possible age definitions)

steveschulze commented 6 years ago

Thanks.