Star counts redivivus, I. A new look at the galaxy at faint magnitudes

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 409, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 635-662

  Reid, Neill ^a   Majewski, S R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: halo; Galaxy: structure; Stars: statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 12044251473     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/172695     Document Type: Article

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