Opening the treasure Chest: A newborn star cluster emerges from its dust pillar in Carina

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 888-899

  Smith, Nathan ^a,c,d   Stassun, Keivan G ^b   Bally, John ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

H II regions; ISM: individual (NGC 3372); Stars: formation; Stars: luminosity function, mass function

Indexed keywords

EID: 15244355294     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427249     Document Type: Article

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