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000002707 037__ $$aASTROimport-864
000002707 100__ $$aBoyer, M. L.
000002707 245__ $$aDUST in Nearby Galaxies with Spitzer (DUSTiNGS): An Infrared Census of Extreme AGB Stars in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies
000002707 260__ $$c2015
000002707 520__ $$aNearby resolved dwarf galaxies provide excellent opportunities for studying the dust-producing late stages of stellar evolution. DUSTiNGS (DUST in Nearby Galaxies with Spitzer) is a 3.6- and 4.5-µm imaging survey of 50 dwarf galaxies within 1.5 Mpc. We obtained observations in two epochs, separated by approximately 6 months, to assist in identifying long-period thermally-pulsing (TP-)AGB stars. We find more than 500 dusty variable TP-AGB stars (sometimes called extreme AGB stars). The majority of these stars are new discoveries, including 12 with [Fe/H]-2 dex.  These stars are likely in the superwind phase and thus dominate the current AGB dust input to the interstellar medium of their respective galaxies. 
000002707 700__ $$a McQuinn, K. B. W.
000002707 700__ $$a Barmby, P.
000002707 700__ $$a Bonanos, A. Z.
000002707 700__ $$a Gehrz, R. D.
000002707 700__ $$a Gordon, K. D.
000002707 700__ $$a Groenewegen, M. A. T.
000002707 700__ $$a Lagadec, E.
000002707 700__ $$a Lennon, D.
000002707 700__ $$a Marengo, M.
000002707 700__ $$a Meixner, M.
000002707 700__ $$a Skillman, E.
000002707 700__ $$a Sloan, G. C.
000002707 700__ $$a Sonneborn, G.
000002707 700__ $$a van Loon, J. T.
000002707 700__ $$a Zijlstra, A. A.
000002707 773__ $$c453$$pWhy Galaxies Care about AGB Stars III: A Closer Look in Space and Time$$v497$$y2015
000002707 85642 $$ahttp://esoads.eso.org/abs/2015ASPC..497..453B
000002707 905__ $$apublished in
000002707 980__ $$aNONREF