The distance to the Fornax dwarf galaxy using red clump stars and the discrepancy between red clump and tip of the red giant branch distances

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 543, Issue 1 PART 2, 2000, Pages

  Bersier, D ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: distances and redshifts; Galaxies: individual (carina, fornax, large magellanic cloud); Stars: late type

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034310236     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318170     Document Type: Article

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