The ACS virgo cluster survey. I. Introduction to the survey

Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 223-242

  Côté, Patrick ^a   Blakeslee, John P ^b   Ferrarese, Laura ^a   Jordán, Andrés ^a   Mei, Simona ^c   Merritt, David ^d   Milosavljević, Miloš ^e   Peng, Eric W ^a   Tonry, John L ^f   West, Michael J ^g  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: Clusters: Individual (Virgo); Galaxies: Distances and redshifts; Galaxies: Elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: ISM; Galaxies: Nuclei; Galaxies: Star clusters

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043174858     PISSN: 00670049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421490     Document Type: Article

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