A new milky way companion: Unusual globular cluster or extreme dwarf satellite?

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2692-2700

  Willman, Beth ^a   Blanton, Michael R ^a   West, Andrew A ^b   Dalcanton, Julianne J ^b   Hogg, David W ^a   Schneider, Donald P ^c   Wherry, Nicholas ^a   Yanny, Brian ^d   Brinkmann, Jon ^e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^e APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: formation; Globular clusters: general; Local Group; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144481260     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430214     Document Type: Article

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