Near-infrared observations of hot spots in the circumnuclear rings of NGC 2997 and NGC 6951

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 777-784

  Elmegreen, Debra Meloy ^a   Chromey, Frederick R ^a   Sawyer, Jessica E ^a,b   Reinfeld, Erika L ^a  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (NGC 2997, NGC 6951); Galaxies: luminosity function, mass function; Galaxies: star clusters; Galaxies: starburst

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001489067     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/300970     Document Type: Article

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