Near-infrared observations of the giant H II region W49A: A star birth cluster

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 564, Issue 2 I, 2002, Pages 827-833

  Conti, Peter S ^a   Blum, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

H II regions; ISM: individual (W49A) open clusters and associations: individual (W49A); Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009934941     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/324283     Document Type: Article

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