The globular cluster systems in the coma ellipticals. I. The luminosity function in NGC 4874, and implications for Hubble's constant

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 533, Issue 1 PART 1, 2000, Pages 125-136

  Kavelaars, J J ^a   Harris, William E ^a   Hanes, David A ^b   Hesser, James E ^c   Pritchet, Christopher J ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distance scale; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: individual (NGC 4874); Galaxies: star clusters

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034629631     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/308642     Document Type: Article

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