Hubble Space Telescope observations of the Large Magellanic Cloud field around SN 1987a: Distance determination with red clump and tip of the red giant branch stars

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 530, Issue 2 PART 1, 2000, Pages 738-743

  Romaniello, M ^a   Salaris, M ^b,c   Cassisi, S ^c,d   Panagia, N ^e  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI COLLURANIA   (Italy)

^e STScI   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: Distances and redshifts; Galaxies: Individual (Large Magellanic Cloud); Stars: Evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034688492     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/308421     Document Type: Article

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