Statistics of young starforming complexes in spiral galaxies using NIR photometry

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 490, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-95

  Grosbol P ^a   Dottori, H ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Galaxies: spiral; Galaxies: star clusters; Galaxies: structure; Infrared: galaxies; Techniques: photometric

Indexed keywords

DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); DUST; INFRARED DEVICES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

GALAXIES: SPIRAL; GALAXIES: STAR CLUSTERS; GALAXIES: STRUCTURE; INFRARED: GALAXIES; TECHNIQUES: PHOTOMETRIC;

GALAXIES;

EID: 53849093437     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810222     Document Type: Article

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