Intracluster Planetary Nebulae in the Virgo Cluster III: Luminosity of the Intracluster Light and Tests of the Spatial Distribution
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Visiting Astronomer, Kitt Peak National Observatory, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA) under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. present address: Department of Astronomy, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106 NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow
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تاریخ انتشار 2004