The oldest stars of the extremely metal-poor local group dwarf irregular galaxy Leo A

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 2 1760, 2002, Pages 896-914

  Schulte Ladbeck, Regina E ^a   Hopp, Ulrich ^b   Drozdovsky, Igor O ^a,c   Greggio, Laura ^b,d   Crone, Mary M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: individual (Leo A); Galaxies: irregular; Galaxies: stellar content

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042329897     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/341611     Document Type: Article

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