The tip of the red giant branch and distance of the Magellanic Clouds: Results from the DENIS survey

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 359, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 601-614

  Cioni, M R L ^a   Van Der Marel, R P ^b   Loup, C ^c   Habing, H J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AURA for the European Space Agency   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Galaxies: distances and redshifts; Galaxies: Magellanic Clouds; Methods: statistical; Stars: evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000428421     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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