Bias properties of extragalactic distance indicators. XI. Methods to correct for observational selection bias for RR lyrae absolute magnitudes from trigonometric parallaxes expected from the full-sky astrometric mapping explorer satellite

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 4 1756, 2002, Pages 2047-2069

  Sandage, Allan ^a   Saha, A ^b  

^a CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

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RR Lyrae variable

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EID: 0141755265     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339307     Document Type: Article

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