Properties of RR Lyrae stars in the inner regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud

2006/09/07 by J. Borissova, D. Minniti, M. Rejkuba +2 · 3 citations
Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Galactic halo #Galaxy #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Globular cluster #Halo #Large Magellanic Cloud #Medicine #Metallicity #Physics #Population #RR Lyrae variable #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20054132

12 pages, 4 figures

arxiv created 2006/09/07 · openalex publication_date 2006/09/12 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context.All galaxies that have been adequately examined so far have shown an extended stellar halo.

Citations

• Radial Velocity of the Phoenix Dwarf Galaxy: Linking Stars and H [CSC]i[/CSC] Gas
• A Catalog of Parameters for Globular Clusters in the Milky Way
• Spectroscopy of giants in LMC clusters. II - Kinematics of the cluster sample
• Final Results from theHubble Space TelescopeKey Project to Measure the Hubble Constant
• Metal abundances of RR Lyrae stars in the bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud

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