Blue horizontal-branch stars in the sloan digital sky survey. II. Kinematics of the galactic halo

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 2 1778, 2004, Pages 914-924

  Sirko, Edwin ^a   Goodman, Jeremy ^a   Knapp, Gillian R ^a   Brinkmann, Jon ^b   Ivezić, Željko ^a   Knerr, Edwin J ^a,c   Schlegel, David ^a   Schneider, Donald P ^d   York, Donald G ^e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: halo; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Stars: horizontal branch

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842812711     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381486     Document Type: Review

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