HST star counts at high galactic latitudes

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 281, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 871-882

  Santiago, Basílio X ^a   Gilmore, Gerard ^a   Elson, Rebecca A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxy: halo; Galaxy: stellar content; Galaxy: structure; Mass, brown dwarfs; Stars: low; Stars: statistics; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LUMINANCE; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BROWN DWARFS; GALACTIC LATITUDE; GALAXIES:STRUCTURE; GALAXY:HALO; GALAXY:STELLAR CONTENT; LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS; MASS, BROWN DWARF; STAR: LOW; STARS: STATISTICS; STELLARS;

WHITE DWARFS;

EID: 0000166132     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/281.3.871     Document Type: Article

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