Hubble space telescope stis spectra of nuclear star clusters in spiral galaxies: Dependence of age and mass on hubble type

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1074-1099

  Rossa, Jörn ^a   Van Der Marel, Roeland P ^a   Böker, Torsten ^b   Gerssen, Joris ^c   Ho, Luis C ^d   Rix, Hans Walter ^e   Shields, Joseph C ^f   Walcher, Carl Jakob ^e  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^f OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: spiral; Galaxies: star clusters; Galaxies: stellar content

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750495785     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505968     Document Type: Review

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