Deep Hubble Space Telescope imaging of Sextans A. I. The spatially resolved recent star formation history

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 2 1754, 2002, Pages 813-831

  Dohm Palmer, Robbie C ^a   Skillman, Evan D ^b   Mateo, Mario ^a   Saha, Abi ^c   Dolphin, Andrew ^c   Tolstoy, Eline ^d   Gallagher, Jay S ^e   Cole, Andrew A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: individual (Sextans A); Galaxies: irregular; Galaxies: stellar content; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043137324     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/324635     Document Type: Review

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