The blue plume population in dwarf spheroidal galaxies Genuine blue stragglers or young stellar population?

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 468, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 973-978

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

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue stragglers; Galaxies: Local group; Galaxies: photometry; Galaxies: stellar content; Stars: galaxies: dwarf; Stars: Hertzspring Russell (HR) and C M diagrams

Indexed keywords

BINARY SEQUENCES; BLIND SOURCE SEPARATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GALAXIES; LUMINANCE; PHOTOMETRY;

BLUE STRAGGLERS; GALAXIES: LOCAL GROUP; GALAXIES: PHOTOMETRY; GALAXIES: STELLAR CONTENT; STARS: GALAXIES: DWARF; STARS: HERTZSPRING-RUSSELL (HR) AND C-M DIAGRAMS;

STELLITE;

EID: 34250706397     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20067024     Document Type: Article

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