Blue straggler stars in Galactic open clusters and the effect of field star contamination (Research Note)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 482, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 777-781

  Carraro, G ^a   Vazquez R A ^b   Moitinho, A ^c  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Galaxy: disk; Galaxy: open clusters and associations: general; Stars: blue stragglers

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; PHOTOMETRY;

BLUE STRAGGLER STARS; FIELD STAR CONTAMINATION; GALACTIC OPEN CLUSTERS;

STARS;

EID: 42449092989     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078629     Document Type: Article

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