The extra-galactic Cepheid distance scale from LMC and Galactic period-luminosity relations

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 411, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 361-379

  Kanbur, S M ^a   Ngeow, C ^a   Nikolaev, S ^b   Tanvir, N R ^c   Hendry, M A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: distances and redshifts; Galaxies: Magellanic Clouds; Stars: variables: Cepheids

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; CLOUDS; DATA REDUCTION; EXTRAPOLATION; GALAXIES; PHOTOMETRY;

CEPHEID DISTANCE; STARS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0344082217     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031373     Document Type: Article

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