A large Wolf-Rayet population in NGC 300 uncovered by VLT-FORS2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 397, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 859-870

  Schild, H ^a   Crowther, P A ^b   Abbott, J B ^b   Schmutz, W ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual: NGC 300; Stars: fundamental parameters; Stars: Wolf Rayet

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; PHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY; TELESCOPES;

LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD; LOCAL GROUP GALAXIES; SUB-SOLAR METALLICITY; WOLF-RAYET STARS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0037252172     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021555     Document Type: Article

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