The optical counterpart of the isolated neutron star RX J185635-3754

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6649, 1997, Pages 358-360

  Walter, Frederick M ^a   Matthews, Lynn D ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; NEUTRON; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030823145     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/38682     Document Type: Article

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