The stellar halo of M104. I. A survey for planetary nebulae and the planetary nebula luminosity function distance

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 458, Issue 2 PART I, 1996, Pages 455-466

  Ford, H C ^a,b,g   Hui, X ^b,c   Ciardullo, R ^d   Jacoby, G H ^e   Freeman, K C ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Space Telescope Science Institute ^*  (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

Distance scale; Galaxies: clusters: individual (Virgo); Galaxies: distances and redshifts galaxies: individual (M104); Galaxies: stellar content; Planetary nebulae: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344462707     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/176828     Document Type: Article

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