The pistol star

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 506, Issue 1 PART I, 1998, Pages 384-404

  Figer, Donald F ^a,e   Najarro, Francisco ^b,c   Morris, Mark ^a,d   McLean, Ian S ^b,e   Geballe, Thomas R ^a,b   Ghez, Andrea M ^c,e   Langer, Norbert ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infrared: Stars; ISM: Individual (G0.15 0.05); Stars: Emission line, be; Stars: Evolution; Stars: Fundamental parameters; Supergiants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040229696     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/306237     Document Type: Article

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