The distance of the Fornax cluster based on globular cluster luminosity functions

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 309, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Kohle, S ^a   Kissler Patig, M ^a,b   Hilker, M ^a   Richtler, T ^a,c   Infante, L ^c   Quintana, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

(galaxy:) globular clusters: general; Galaxies: clusters: individual: Fornax; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: individual: NGC 1399, NGC 1374, NGC 1379, NGC 1387, NGC 1427

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002036225     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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