Stellar proper motions in the Galactic bulge from deep Hubble Space Telescope ACS WFC photometry

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 684, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1110-1142

  Clarkson, Will ^a   Sahu, Kailash ^a   Anderson, Jay ^a   Ed Smith, T ^a   Brown, Thomas M ^a   Rich, R Michael ^b   Casertano, Stefano ^a   Bond, Howard E ^a   Livio, Mario ^a   Minniti, Dante ^c   Panagia, Nino ^a   Renzini, Alvio ^d   Valenti, Jeff ^a   Zoccali, Manuela ^d  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxy: bulge; Galaxy: disk; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Instrumentation: high angular resolution; Methods: data analysis; Techniques: photometric

Indexed keywords

EID: 52049119765     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590378     Document Type: Article

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