Tip of the red giant branch distances to galaxies with composite stellar populations

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 357, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 669-678

  Salaris, Maurizio ^a,b   Girardi, Léo ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxies: distances and redshifts; Galaxies: stellar content; Local Group; Magellanic Clouds; Stars: distances

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; GIANT STARS; METALS; PHOTOMETRY;

GALAXIES DISTANCES AND REDSHIFTS; GALAXY:STELLAR CONTENT; LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; LOCAL GROUPS; MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; METALLICITIES; RED GIANT BRANCHES; RELATIVE DISTANCES; SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; STAR:DISTANCES;

GALAXIES;

EID: 14544290029     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08689.x     Document Type: Article

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