P Cygni: AN extraordinary luminous blue variable

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 493-522

  Israelian, G ^a   De Groot, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b ARMAGH OBSERVATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000052875     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005223314464     Document Type: Article

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