Near-infrared observations of the extremely red object Cl 0939+4713B: An old galaxy at z ≃ 1.58?

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2065-2070

  Soifer, B T ^a,b   Matthews, K ^a   Neugebauer, G ^a   Armus, L ^b   Cohen, J G ^a   Persson, S E ^c   Smail, I ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: distances and redshifts; Galaxies: evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000405162     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301071     Document Type: Article

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