Mapping the X-shaped Milky Way bulge

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Saito, R K ^a   Zoccali, M ^a   McWilliam, A ^b   Minniti, D ^a,c,d   Gonzalez, O A ^e   Hill, V ^f  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^c VATICAN OBSERVATORY   (Italy)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^e EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052709830     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/142/3/76     Document Type: Article

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