Hubble Space Telescope observations of new horizontal-branch structures in the globular cluster ω Centauri

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 530, Issue 1 PART 1, 2000, Pages 352-356

  D'Cruz, Noella L ^a   O'Connell, Robert W ^a   Rood, Robert T ^a   Whitney, Jonathan H ^a   Dorman, Ben ^a,b   Landsman, Wayne B ^b   Hill, Robert S ^b   Stecher, Theodore P ^b   Bohlin, Ralph C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c STScI   (United States)

Author keywords

Globular clusters: individual ( Centauri); Stars: evolution; Stars: horizontal branch; Stars: mass loss; Stars: Population II; Ultraviolet: stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034628155     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/308375     Document Type: Article

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