Flickering red giants in the URSA minor dwarf spheroidal galaxy: Detection of low-amplitude variability in faint red giant branch stars on 10 minute timescales

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 617, Issue 1 II, 2004, Pages

  Mighell, Kenneth J ^a,b   Roederer, Ian U ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: Individual (Ursa Minor dwarf spheroidal); Methods: Statistical; Stars: Variables: Other; Techniques: Photometric

Indexed keywords

EID: 11344270264     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426965     Document Type: Article

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