Optical gravitational lensing experiment. Distance to the Magellanic Clouds with the red clump stars: Are the Magellanic Clouds 15% closer than generally accepted?

Acta Astronomica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-17

  Udalski, A ^a   Szymanski M ^a   Kubiak, M ^a   Pietrzynski G ^a   Wozniak P ^b   Zebrun K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: distances and redshifts; Hertzsprung Russel (HR) diagram; Magellanic Clouds

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042910163     PISSN: 00015237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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