The cepheid distance to NGC 5236 (M83) with the ESO very large telescope

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 590, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 256-270

  Thim, Frank ^a   Tammann, G A ^a   Saha, A ^b   Dolphin, A ^b   Sandage, Allan ^c   Tolstoy, E ^d   Labhardt, Lukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c Observatoires of the Carnegie Institution of Washington   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cepheids; Distance scale; Galaxies: distances and redshifts; Galaxies: individual (M83, NGC 5253)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042236630     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374888     Document Type: Article

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