Model of stellar population synthesis of the Galaxy

Information:

January 16th 2019:
the new version of the Besançon model of the Galaxy became the standard one (accessed through http://model.obs-besancon.fr/). The present version will still be accessible for some time at address http://model2003.obs-besancon.fr/.

This version of the Model of stellar population synthesis of the Galaxy is fully described in the following publication:
A. C. Robin, C. Reylé, S. Derrière and S. Picaud. A synthetic view on structure and evolution of the Milky Way, 2003, Astron. Astrophys., 409:523 ADS (erratum: 2004, Astron. Astrophys., 416:157)

On December 6, 2004, a new version was enabled that allows to use the CFHT-Megacam photometric system. More informations are available here.

Questions or comments

Photometric system:
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