A survey of local group galaxies currently forming stars. III. A search for luminous blue variables and other Hα emission-line stars

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2474-2503

  Massey, Philip ^a,b,c   Mcneill, Reagin T ^a,d   Olsen, K A G ^b,c,e   Hodge, Paul W ^f   Blaha, Cynthia ^g   Jacoby, George H ^h   Smith, R C ⁱ   Strong, Shay B ^a,j  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c Research in Astronomy (AURA)

^d SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^h WIYN Observatory   (United States)

ⁱ CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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Author keywords

Catalogs; Galaxies: stellar content; Stars: early type; Supergiants; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249106322     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523658     Document Type: Article

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