Calibrating type Ia supernovae using the planetary nebula luminosity function. I. Initial results

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 657, Issue 1 I, 2007, Pages 76-94

  Feldmeier, John J ^a   Jacoby, George H ^b   Phillips, M M ^c  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WIYN Observatory   (United States)

^c LAS CAMPANAS OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

Distance scale; Galaxies: distances and redshifts; Galaxies: individual (NGC 524, NGC 1316, NGC 1380, NGC 1448, NGC 4526); Planetary nebulae: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947535192     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510897     Document Type: Article

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