Cepheids, Eclipsing Binaries and the Distance Scale: from the Galaxy to the Local Group
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
I present a review of recent observational work on Cepheid variables and eclipsing binaries in our Galaxy, the Magellanic Clouds, and other members of the Local Group.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0507648,
title = {Cepheids, Eclipsing Binaries and the Distance Scale: from the Galaxy to the Local Group},
author = {Lucas M. Macri},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0507648},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Invited review given at the Cozumel meeting on Resolved Stellar Populations. 18 pages, 13 figures, 99 references (mostly to recent work). Versions of this article with higher-resolution figures are also available in PS (http://www.noao.edu/staff/lmacri/macri_cozumel.ps.gz) and PDF (http://www.noao.edu/staff/lmacri/macri_cozumel.pdf) format