Evidence for an overluminosity of the variable star RR Lyrae, and a revised distance to the LMC

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 676, Issue 2 PART 2, 2008, Pages

  Catelan, M ^a   Cortes C ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Distance scale; Stars: Distances; Stars: Horizontal branch; Stars: Variables: Other

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749088361     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587515     Document Type: Article

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