Discovery of a faint companion to alcor using MMT/AO 5 μm imaging

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 919-925

  Mamajek, Eric E ^a   Kenworthy, Matthew A ^b   Hinz, Philip M ^b   Meyer, Michael R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Binaries: close; Binaries: general; Binaries: visual; Open clusters and associations: individual (Ursa Major); Stars: individual (Alcor, Mizar)

Indexed keywords

EID: 76949098184     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/139/3/919     Document Type: Article

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