Giant H II regions in the merging system NGC 3256: Are they the birthplaces of globular clusters?

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 3 1767, 2003, Pages 1124-1133

  English, J ^a,b   Freeman, K C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (NGC 3256); Galaxies: interactions; Globular clusters: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242624497     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/367915     Document Type: Article

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