A new cepheid distance to the maser-host galaxy NGC 4258 and its implications for the Hubble constant

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 652, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 1133-1149

  Macri, L M ^a   Stanek, K Z ^b   Bersier, D ^c   Greenhill, L J ^d   Reid, M J ^d  

^a NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cepheids; Distance scale; Galaxies: individual (NGC 4258)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845903098     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508530     Document Type: Article

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