RR Lyrae variables in M32 and the disk of M31

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 708, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 817-833

  Fiorentino, Giuliana ^a   Monachesi, Antonela ^a   Trager, Scott C ^a   Lauer, Tod R ^b   Saha, Abhijit ^b   Mighell, Kenneth J ^b   Freedman, Wendy ^c   Dressler, Alan ^c   Grillmair, Carl ^d   Tolstoy, Eline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: individual (M32, M31); Local Group; Stars: Population II; Stars: variables: other

Indexed keywords

EID: 73449125853     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/708/1/817     Document Type: Article

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