Cool carbon stars in the halo: New very red or distant objects

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 475, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 843-849

  Mauron, N ^a   Gigoyan, K S ^b   Kendall, T R ^c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b BYURAKAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Armenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxy: halo; Galaxy: stellar content; Stars: carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LUMINANCE; STARS; SURVEYS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

COOL CARBON (C) STARS; GALACTIC HALO; GALACTOCENTRIC XYZ COORDINATES;

GALAXIES;

EID: 36549030820     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078181     Document Type: Article

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