The distance to the Andromeda galaxy from eclipsing binaries

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 509, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Vilardell, F ^a,b   Ribas, I ^c   Jordi, C ^b   Fitzpatrick, E L ^d   Guinan, E F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DE L ESPAI CSIC IEEC   (Spain)

^d VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries; Distances Distance scale Galaxies; Eclipsing Stars; Fundamental parameters Stars; Individual; M31

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; STARS;

BINARIES; DISTANCE SCALE; ECLIPSING - STARS; FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; STARS INDIVIDUAL;

GALAXIES;

EID: 76349110778     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913299     Document Type: Article

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