Proper motions of dwarf spheroidal galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope imaging. I. Method and a preliminary measurement for fornax

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 6 1764, 2002, Pages 3198-3221

  Piatek, Slawomir ^a   Pryor, Carlton ^b   Olszewski, Edward W ^c   Harris, Hugh C ^d   Mateo, Mario ^e   Minniti, Dante ^f   Monet, David G ^d   Morrison, Heather ^g   Tinney, Christopher G ^h  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d FLAGSTAFF STATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^g CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Astrometry; Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: individual (Fornax)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041308460     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344767     Document Type: Article

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