The star formation history of I Zw 18

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 302-322

  Aloisi, Alessandra ^a   Tosi, Monica ^b   Greggio, Laura ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: individual (I Zw 18); Galaxies: irregular; Galaxies: photometry; Galaxies: stellar content

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041125644     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/300924     Document Type: Article

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