The andromeda project. I. Deep HST-WFPC2 V, I photometry of 16 fields toward the disk and the halo of the M 31 galaxy. Probing the stellar content and metallicity distribution

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 405, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 867-901

  Bellazzini, M ^a   Cacciari, C ^a   Federici, L ^a   Fusi Pecci, F ^a   Rich, M ^b  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual: M 31; Galaxies: stellar content; Galaxies: structure; Stars: abundances; Stars: Hertzprung Russell (HR) and C M diagrams; Techniques: photometric

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; GALAXIES; INFRARED IMAGING; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHOTOMETRY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SPACE TELESCOPES;

ABUNDANCES; COLOR-MAGNITUDE DIAGRAMS; METALLICITY DISTRIBUTION; STARS; STELLAR CONTENT;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0037695870     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030455     Document Type: Article

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