Distances and ages of NGC 6397, NGC 6752 and 47 Tuc

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 408, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 529-543

  Gratton, R G ^a   Bragaglia, A ^b   Carretta, E ^a   Clementini, G ^b   Desidera, S ^a   Grundahl, F ^c   Lucatello, S ^a,d  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^b OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosmology: distance scale; Galaxy: formation; Galaxy: globular clusters: general; Stars: abundances; Stars: evolution; Stars: Population II

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GALAXIES; SEDIMENTATION;

GLOBULAR CLUSTERS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0141606669     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031003     Document Type: Article

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