Galactic kinematics of Cepheids from Hipparcos proper motions

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 291, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 683-693

  Feast, Michael ^a   Whitelock, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cepheids; Distance scale; Galaxy: fundamental parameters; Stars: kinematics

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR VELOCITY; GALAXIES; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; KINEMATICS; LUMINANCE;

CEPHEIDS; DISTANCE SCALE; GALACTIC CENTER; GALACTIC KINEMATICS; GALAXIES: FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; GROUND BASED; HIPPARCOS; PROPER MOTION; RADIAL VELOCITY; STARS: KINEMATICS;

STARS;

EID: 0001377580     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/291.4.683     Document Type: Article

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