The dwarf irregular galaxy sextans a. II. Recent star formation history

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2527-2544

  Dohm Palmer, Robbie C ^a   Skillman, Evan D ^a   Saha, A ^b   Tolstoy, E ^c   Mateo, Mario ^d   Gallagher, J ^e   Hoessel, J ^e   Chiosi, C ^f   Dufour, R J ^g  

^a University of Minnesota ^*  (United States)

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

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f Dipartimento di Astronomia   (Italy)

^g RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001746904     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/118665     Document Type: Article

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