The Age of the Oldest Stars in the Local Galactic Disk from Hipparcos Parallaxes of G and K Subgiants

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Volumn 115, Issue 812, 2003, Pages 1187-1206

  Sandage, Allan ^a   Lubin, Lori M ^b   VandenBerg, Don A ^c  

^a CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0141977308     PISSN: 00046280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378243     Document Type: Review

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