Spectroscopy of hot stars in the galactic halo. II. The identification and classification of horizontal-branch and other A-type stars

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2308-2328

  Wilhelm, Ronald ^a   Beers, Timothy C ^b   Gray, Richard O ^c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: halo; Stars: horizontal branch; Stars: population II

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012775632     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/300824     Document Type: Article

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