HST imaging of the globular clusters in the Fornax cluster: NGC 1399 and NGC 1404
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Dynamical evolution of globular cluster systems in clusters of galaxies : I . The case of NGC 1404 in the Fornax cluster
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0035-8711,1365-2966
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01202.x