The physical properties of the red supergiant WOH G64: The largest star known?

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 4744-4752

  Levesque, Emily M ^a,e   Massey, Philip ^b   Plez, Bertrand ^c   Olsen, Knut A G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^d NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

stars: evolution; stars: late type; stars: mass loss; supergiants

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549086140     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/137/6/4744     Document Type: Article

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