The quest RR lyrae survey. I. The first catalog

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 2 1778, 2004, Pages 1158-1175

  Vivas, A K ^a,b   Zinn, R ^b   Abad, C ^a   Andrews, P ^c   Bailyn, C ^b   Baltay, C ^c   Bongiovanni, A ^a   Briceno C ^a   Bruzual, G ^a   Coppi, P ^b,c   Della Prugna, F ^a   Ellman, N ^c   Ferrin I ^d   Gebhard, M ^e   Girard, T ^b   Hernandez, J ^a,d   Herrera, D ^c   Honeycutt, R ^e   Magris, G ^a   Mufson, S ^e   Musser, J ^e   Naranjo, O ^d   Rabinowitz, D ^c   Rengstorf, A ^e   Rosenzweig, P ^d   Sanchez Ge ^a   Sanchez Gu ^a   Schaefer, B ^f   Schenner, H ^a   Snyder, J A ^b,c   Sofia, S ^b   Stock, J ^a   Van Altena, W ^b   Vicente, B ^a   Vieira, K ^b   more..

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES DE ASTRONOMÍA   (Venezuela)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: halo; Stars: variables: other; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842661619     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380929     Document Type: Review

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