A near-infrared and optical photometric study of the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy: Implications for the metallicity spread

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 359, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 985-992

  Babusiaux, C ^a,b   Gilmore, G ^a   Irwin, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual: Sculptor dwarf spheroidal; Galaxies: stellar content; Infrared: stars; Local Group

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COLOR; GALAXIES; GIANT STARS; METALS; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY;

GALAXIES: INDIVIDUALS; GALAXY: INDIVIDUAL: SCULPTOR DWARF SPHEROIDAL; GALAXY:STELLAR CONTENT; INFRARED: STAR; LOCAL GROUPS; METALLICITIES; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-INFRARED; OPTICAL-; RED GIANT BRANCHES;

INFRARED DEVICES;

EID: 19844368524     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08959.x     Document Type: Article

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