The Globular Cluster Luminosity Functions of Brightest Cluster Galaxies
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0004-6280,1538-3873
DOI: 10.1086/316142