The macho project 9 million star color-magnitude diagram of the large magellanic cloud

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2194-2213

  Alcock, C ^a,b   Allsman, R A ^c   Alves, D R ^a,d,e   Axelrod, T S ^c   Basu, A ^a   Becker, A C ^f   Bennett, D P ^b,e,g   Cook, K H ^a,b,e   Drake, A J ^c   Freeman, K C ^c   Geha, M ^a   Griest, K ^b,h   King, L ^g   Lehner, M J ⁱ   Marshall, S L ^a,e   Minniti, D ^a,j   Nelson, C A ^a,b   Peterson, B A ^c   Popowski, P ^a   Pratt, M R ^k   Quinn, P J ^l   Stubbs, C W ^b,f   Sutherland, W ^b,m   Tomaney, A B ^f   Vandehei, T ^h   Welch, D L ⁿ   more..

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d STScI   (United States)

^e Cerro Tololo Inter Amer Observatory   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^j PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^k MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Cepheids; Color magnitude diagrams; Galaxies: stellar content; Magellanic Clouds; RR Lyrae variable; Stars: evolution; Stars: horizontal branch; Stars: variables: other; Supergiants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000793633     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301326     Document Type: Article

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