Variable stars in local group galaxies – IV. RR Lyrae stars in the central regions of the low-density galaxy Crater II

2018/06/20 by M. Monelli, A. R. Walker, C. E. Martínez-Vázquez +14 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #Dwarf galaxy #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Globular cluster #Local Group #Physics #RR Lyrae variable #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Variable star #astro-ph.GA

paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/mnras/sty1645

14 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publications on MNRAS. Time series photometry is available in the manuscript source tar

openalex publication_date 2018/06/20 · arxiv created 2018/06/22 · arxiv updated 2018/07/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

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