The inner Galactic bar traced by the VVV survey

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 534, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gonzalez, O A ^a   Rejkuba, M ^a   Minniti, D ^b,c,d   Zoccali, M ^b   Valenti, E ^a   Saito, R K ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c VATICAN OBSERVATORY   (Italy)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

Galaxy: bulge; Galaxy: structure

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; LUMINANCE;

DIFFERENTIAL EXTINCTION; GALACTIC LATITUDE; GALAXY: BULGE; GALAXY: STRUCTURE; INNER STRUCTURE; LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS; ORIENTATION ANGLES; RED CLUMP STARS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 80054718567     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117959     Document Type: Review

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