The analysis of the full VEGAS sample will provide essential statistical constraints on theoretical models and enable discrimination among competing galaxy formation theories

• map the light distribution and colors out to 8-10 Re and down to the faint surface brightness levels of μg ≃ 31 mag/arcsec^2, μr ≃ 28 mag/arcsec^2; μi ≃ 27 mag/arcsec^2

• study of the galaxy structure and its faint stellar halo, including the diffuse light component, inner substructures as signatures of recent cannibalism events, inner disks and bars

• detection of the external low-surface brightness structures in galaxies, like tidal tails, stellar streams and shells and study the connection with environment

• for galaxies in the local universe (D<50 Mpc), census and study the globular clusters and galaxy satellites in the outermost regions of the host galaxy 

• detection and analysis of low-surface brightness galaxies, in particular, the ultra-diffuse galaxies

• provide the optical counterpart of the HI surveys carried out with the SKA-precursors, as WALLABY, MeerKAT