Exploring halo substructure with giant stars. I. Survey description and calibration of the photometric search technique

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2550-2568

  Majewski, Steven R ^a,b   Ostheimer, James C ^a   Kunkel, William E ^c   Patterson, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^c LAS CAMPANAS OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

Galaxy: evolution; Galaxy: formation; Galaxy: halo; Galaxy: structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040211625     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316836     Document Type: Review

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