Wide field planetary camera 2 observations of Leo A: A predominantly young galaxy within the Local Group

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1244-1262

  Tolstoy, Eline ^a   Gallagher, J S ^b   Cole, A A ^b   Hoessel, J G ^b   Saha, A ^c   Dohm Palmer, R C ^d   Skillman, E D ^d   Mateo, Mario ^e   Hurley Keller, D ^e  

^a Space Telescope Europ Coord Facil ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Distances; Galaxies; Irregular Local Group color magnitude diagrams galaxies; Stellar content stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000183846     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/300515     Document Type: Article

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