Peering through the veil: Near-infrared photometry and extinction for the Galactic nuclear star cluster

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 511, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Schodel R ^a   Najarro, F ^b   Muzic, K ^c   Eckart, A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dust, extinction; Galaxy: center; Galaxy: nucleus; Stars: horizontal branch

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DUST; INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; STARS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ABSOLUTE VALUES; ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS; ANISOPLANATIC; BROADBAND FILTERS; CIRCULAR REGION; DUST , EXTINCTION; EXTINCTION VALUES; GALACTIC CENTER; GALAXY: NUCLEUS; INTERSTELLAR EXTINCTION; MEAN DISTANCES; MEAN VALUES; MILKY WAYS; NAOS/CONICA; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-INFRARED PHOTOMETRY; PHOTOMETRIC METHOD; POWER LAW INDEX; RED CLUMP STARS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STAR CLUSTERS; STARS: HORIZONTAL BRANCH; STELLAR POPULATIONS; SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES; UNIT TELESCOPES;

GALAXIES;

EID: 77950396371     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913183     Document Type: Article

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