On calibrating brightest asymptotic giant branch stars as age indicators: The bulge globular cluster NGC 6553 and the AGE of M32

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 477, Issue 1 PART II, 1997, Pages

  Guarnieri, Maria Donata ^a,b   Renzini, Alvio ^b,c   Ortolani, Sergio ^d  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (M32); Globular clusters: general; Globular clusters: individual (NGC 6553)

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744457918     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/310511     Document Type: Article

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