A near-infrared (JHK) survey of the vicinity of the H II region NGC 7538: Evidence for a young embedded cluster

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2942-2953

  Balog, Z ^a,b   Kenyon, S J ^b,f   Lada, E A ^c,f   Barsony, M ^d,e,f   Vinko J ^a   Gaspar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^f KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Open clusters and associations: individual (NGC 7538); Stars: formation; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; Stars: pre main sequence

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444280006     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425548     Document Type: Article

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