The progenitor masses of Wolf-Rayet stars and luminous blue variables determined from cluster turnoffs. II. Results from 12 galactic clusters and OB associations

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 1050-1070

  Massey, Philip ^a,c   Degioia Eastwood, Kathleen ^b   Waterhouse, Elizabeth ^b,d  

^a KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Open clusters and associations: general; Stars: early type; Stars: evolution; Stars: Wolf Rayet

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040483199     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318769     Document Type: Article

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