Photometry and the metallicity distribution of the outer halo of M31

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2557-2571

  Durrell, Patrick R ^a,b   Harris, William E ^c   Pritchet, Christopher J ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Galaxies : stellar content; Galaxies: halos; Galaxies: individual (M31); Galaxies: photometry; Local Group

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347867057     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320403     Document Type: Article

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