K-band calibration of the red clump luminosity

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 539, Issue 2 PART 1, 2000, Pages 732-741

  Alves, David R ^a  

^a STScI   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance scale; Galaxies: distances and redshifts; Galaxy: center; Hertzsprung Russell diagram; Stars: distances

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EID: 0034692012     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/309278     Document Type: Article

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