Magellanic cloud structure from near-infrared surveys. II. Star count maps and the intrinsic elongation of the large magellanic cloud

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1827-1843

  Van Der Marel, Roeland P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Color magnitude diagrams; Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: structure; Magellanic clouds; Stars: AGB and post AGB

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000565617     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323100     Document Type: Article

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