The UV-brightest stars of M33 and its nucleus: Discovery, photometry, and optical spectroscopy

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 469, Issue 2 PART I, 1996, Pages 629-647

  Massey, Philip ^a   Bianchi, Luciana ^b   Hutchings, John B ^c   Stecher, Theodore P ^d  

^a KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b AURA for the European Space Agency   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (M33); Galaxies: stellar content; Stars: early type stars: Wolf Rayet; Supergiants; Ultraviolet: stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444446074     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/177811     Document Type: Article

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