The star formation history and spatial distribution of stellar populations in the Ursa Minor dwarf spheroidal galaxy

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 6 1758, 2002, Pages 3199-3209

  Carrera, Ricardo ^a   Aparicio, Antonio ^a,c   Martínez Delgado, David ^a   Alonso García, Javier ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: individual (Ursa Minor); Galaxies: stellar content; Galaxies: structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041465634     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340702     Document Type: Article

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