An alternate calculation of the distance to M87 using the whitmore et al. luminosity function for its globular clusters: H0 therefrom

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 464, Issue 1 PART II, 1996, Pages

  Sandage, Allan ^a   Tammann, G A ^b  

^a CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Distance scale; Galaxies: distances and redshifts; Galaxies: individual (M87); Galaxies: star clusters

Indexed keywords

EID: 15444375892     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/310083     Document Type: Article

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