On the massive star content of the nearby dwarf irregular wolf-rayet galaxy IC 4662

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 499, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 455-464

  Crowther, P A ^a   Bibby, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: individual: IC 4662; Galaxies: star clusters; Galaxies: starburst; ISM: HII regions; Stars: Wolf Rayet

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES: DWARF; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL: IC 4662; GALAXIES: STAR CLUSTERS; GALAXIES: STARBURST; ISM: HII REGIONS; STARS: WOLF-RAYET;

METAL FORMING; STARS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 66349109685     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200911758     Document Type: Article

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