K-band magnitude of the red clump as a distance indicator

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 463, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 559-565

  Van Helshoecht, V ^a   Groenewegen, M A T ^a  

^a KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Open clusters and associations: general; Stars: distances; Stars: horizontal branch

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DATA REDUCTION; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; GALAXIES;

OPEN CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATIONS: GENERAL; STARS: DISTANCES; STARS: HORIZONTAL-BRANCH;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 33847398737     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20052721     Document Type: Article

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