The extended star formation history of ω Centauri

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 422, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Hilker, M ^a   Kayser, A ^a   Richtler, T ^b   Willemsen, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: nuclei; Globular clusters: individual: Cen, M 55; Stars: abundances

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; PHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

MAIN SEQUENCE TURN-OFF (MSTO); STAR FORMATION; SUB-GIANT BRANCH (SGB);

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 3142754847     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20040188     Document Type: Article

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