Morphology, near-infrared luminosity, and mass of the galactic bulge from COBE dirbe observations

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 445, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 716-730

  Dwek, E ^a   Arendt, R G ^a   Hauser M G ^a   Kelsall, T ^a   Lisse, C M ^a   Moseley, S H ^a   Silverberg, R F ^a   Sodroski, T J ^a   Weiland, J L ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: stellar content; Galaxy: structure; Infrared: stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 11944266095     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/175734     Document Type: Article

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