Fine structure of the red giant clump from Hipparcos data, and distance determinations based on its mean magnitude

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 301, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 149-160

  Girardi, Léo ^a   Groenewegen, Martin A T ^a   Weiss, Achim ^a   Salaris, Maurizio ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: distances and redshifts; Galaxy: stellar content; Hertzsprung Russell (HR) diagram; Magellanic Clouds; Solar neighbourhood; Stars: evolution

Indexed keywords

COLOR; GALAXIES; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; GIANT STARS; MOBILITY AIDS FOR BLIND PERSONS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

FINE STRUCTURES; GALAXIES DISTANCES AND REDSHIFTS; GALAXY:STELLAR CONTENT; HERTZSPRUNG-RUSSELL DIAGRAMS; HIPPARCOS; HIPPARCOS DATA; MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; SOLAR NEIGHBOURHOOD; STAR: EVOLUTION; STELLAR POPULATIONS;

LUMINANCE;

EID: 0000901046     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.02011.x     Document Type: Article

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