The Bulge Radial Velocity Assay (BRAVA). I. Sample selection and a rotation curve

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 688, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1060-1077

  Howard, Christian D ^a,b   Rich, R Michael ^a   Reitzel, David B ^a,b   Koch, Andreas ^a   De Propris, Roberto ^b   Zhao, HongSheng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxy: bulge; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Stars: kinematics; Stars: late type; Techniques: radial velocities

Indexed keywords

EID: 56849112976     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592106     Document Type: Article

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