Stellar populations and the distance scale: The baade-thackeray correspondence

Journal for the History of Astronomy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-36

  Feast, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 0006766944     PISSN: 00218286     EISSN: 17538556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002182860003100102     Document Type: Article

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