NGC 6558: A blue horizontal branch moderately metal-poor globular cluster in the bulge

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1613-1625

  Barbuy, B ^a   Zoccali, M ^b   Ortolani, S ^c   Minniti, D ^b   Hill, V ^d   Renzini, A ^e   Bica, E ^f   Gomez A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Globular clusters: general; Globular clusters: individual (NGC 6558)

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348870945     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521556     Document Type: Article

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