The stellar populations of NGC 3109: Another dwarf irregular galaxy with a population II stellar halo

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 881-893

  Minniti, Dante ^a,b   Zijlstra, Albert A ^c,d   Alonso, M Victoria ^e  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (NGC 3109, DDO 236); Galaxies: irregular; Galaxies: stellar content; Galaxy: formation; Local group

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040531742     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/300735     Document Type: Article

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