Near-infrared observations of the Fornax dwarf galaxy I. The red giant branch

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 467, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1025-1036

  Gullieuszik, M ^a,b   Held, E V ^a   Rizzi, L ^c   Saviane, I ^d   Momany, Y ^a   Ortolani, S ^b  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: individual: Fornax; Galaxies: stellar content; Local group

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STARS;

GALAXIES: DWARF; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL: FORNAX; GALAXIES: STELLAR CONTENT; METALLICITY DISTRIBUTION;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 34249947874     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20066788     Document Type: Article

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