Detection of WR stars in the metal-poor starburst galaxy IZw 18

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 326, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

  Legrand, F ^a   Kunth, D ^a   Roy, J R ^b   Mas Hesse, J M ^c   Walsh, J R ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAEFF   (Spain)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies; Galaxies: enrichment of ISM; Galaxies: IZw 18; Galaxies: Star formation; Galaxies: WRs galaxies; Stars: WR

Indexed keywords

EID: 3943093295     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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