Old main-sequence turnoff photometry in the small magellanic cloud. I. Constraints on the star formation history in different fields

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2037-2052

  Noél, Noelia E D ^a   Gallart, Carme ^a   Costa, Edgardo ^b   Méndez, René A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: individual (Small Magellanic Cloud); Galaxies: photometry; Galaxies: stellar content; Local group

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249310548     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/512668     Document Type: Article

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