The progenitor masses of Wolf-Rayet stars and luminous blue variables determined from cluster turnoffs. I. Results from nineteen OB associations in the magellanic clouds

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2214-2241

  Massey, Philip ^a,c   Waterhouse, Elizabeth ^b,d   Degioia Eastwood, Kathleen ^b  

^a KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cerro Tololo Inter Amer Observatory   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magellanic Clouds; Stars: early type; Stars: evolution; Stars: Wolf Rayet

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001224143     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301345     Document Type: Article

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