Search for star clustering: Methodology and application to the Two Micron Galactic Survey

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 301, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 289-309

  Lopez Corredoira M ^a   Garzon F ^a   Hammersley, P L ^a   Mahoney, T J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galaxy: evolution; Galaxy: structure; Infrared: stars; Methods: analytical; Open clusters and associations: general; Surveys

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; STARS;

CLUSTER DISTRIBUTIONS; CLUSTERINGS; GALAXIES:STRUCTURE; GALAXY EVOLUTION; INFRARED: STAR; LARGE-SCALES; METHODS:ANALYTICAL; NEW APPROACHES; OPEN CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATIONS: GENERAL; STELLAR CLUSTER;

SURVEYS;

EID: 0042826415     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01723.x     Document Type: Article

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