MaNGA (Mapping Nearby Galaxies at APO) is a galaxy integral-field
spectroscopic survey within the fourth generation Sloan Digital Sky Survey
(SDSS-IV). It will be mapping the composition and kinematics of gas and stars
in 10,000 nearby galaxies, using 17 differently sized fiber bundles. MaNGA's
goal is to provide new insights in galaxy formation and evolution, and to
deliver a local benchmark for current and future high-redshift studies.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures. To appear in the proceedings of the conference
"Multi-Object Spectroscopy in the Next Decade: Big Questions, Large Surveys
and Wide Fields", held in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands from 2nd to
6th March 2015. Eds. I. Skillen and S. Trage
