Evidence for an Outer Disk in the Prototype “Compact Elliptical” Galaxy M32
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Evidence for an Outer Disk in the Prototype ‘compact Elliptical’ Galaxy M32
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عنوان ژورنال: The Astrophysical Journal
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0004-637X,1538-4357
DOI: 10.1086/340274