The extended star formation history of the andromeda spheroid at 21 kpc on the minor axis

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 658, Issue 2 II, 2007, Pages

  Brown, Thomas M ^a   Smith, Ed ^a   Ferguson, Henry C ^a   Guhathakurta, Puragra ^b   Kalirai, Jasonjot S ^b   Rich, R Michael ^c   Renzini, Alvio ^d   Sweigart, Allen V ^e   Reitzel, David ^c   Gilbert, Karoline M ^b   Geha, Marla ^f  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Osservatorio Astronomico   (Italy)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: halos; Galaxies: individual (M31); Galaxies: stellar content

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247249363     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515395     Document Type: Article

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