Star formation in and evolution of the blue compact dwarf galaxy UGC 6456 determined from Hubble Space Telescope images

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 146-162

  Lynds, Roger ^a   Tolstoy, Eline ^b   O'Neil Jr , Earl J ^a   Hunter, Deidre A ^c  

^a KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

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

^c LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color magnitude diagrams; Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: individual (UGC 6456); Galaxies: irregular; Stars: AGB and post AGB

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000272901     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/300409     Document Type: Article

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