Two red clumps and the X-shaped milky way bulge

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 724, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1491-1502

  McWilliam, Andrew ^a   Zoccali, Manuela ^b  

^a CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Galaxy: bulge; Galaxy: structure; Stars: distances; Stars: late type

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650137512     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/724/2/1491     Document Type: Article

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