Life at the periphery of the Local Group: the kinematics of the Tucana dwarf galaxy

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 499, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-128

  Fraternali, F ^a   Tolstoy, E ^b   Irwin, M J ^c   Cole, A A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual: Tucana dwarf; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: stellar content; Galaxies: structure

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION LINES; DWARF GALAXIES; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL: TUCANA DWARF; GALAXIES: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; GALAXIES: STELLAR CONTENT; GALAXIES: STRUCTURE; LINEAR GRADIENTS; LOCAL GROUP - GALAXY; LOCAL GROUPS; METALLICITY; MILKY WAYS; MULTIOBJECT; RADIAL VELOCITY; RECESSION VELOCITY; RED GIANT BRANCHES; STAR FORMATIONS;

CALCIUM; KINEMATICS; ROTATION; STARS; VELOCITY;

GALAXIES;

EID: 66349126310     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200810830     Document Type: Article

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