An extraordinary cluster of massive stars near the centre of the Milky Way

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6692, 1998, Pages 448-451

  Serabyn, E ^a   Shupe, D ^b   Figer, D F ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BRIGHTNESS; COLOR; COSMOS; INFRARED RADIATION; LUMINANCE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032581649     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/28799     Document Type: Article

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