Discovery of more than 200 RR lyrae variables in M62: An oosterhoff I globular cluster with a predominantly blue horizontal branch

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 623, Issue 2 II, 2005, Pages

  Contreras, R ^a,e   Catelan, M ^a   Smith, Horace A ^b   Pritzl, Barton J ^c   Borissova, J ^d,e  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^e LAS CAMPANAS OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

Globular clusters: individual (M62, NGC 6266); Stars: horizontal branch; Stars: variables: other

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444391395     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430143     Document Type: Article

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