Galactic and Extragalactic Distance Scales: The Variable Star Project
Astrophysics
2008-06-19 v1
Abstract
This paper summaries the status of a large project to improve distance scales of various classes of variable stars. This is being carried out by a large group in Cape Town, Japan, England and the USA. The results are illustrated by giving the distances of the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Galactic Centre (Ro) as well as the value of the Hubble Constant, Ho, based on our current results. The classes of variables considered are; Classical Cepheids, Type II Cepheids, RR Lyrae stars, O- and C-Miras
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Cite
@article{arxiv.0806.3019,
title = {Galactic and Extragalactic Distance Scales: The Variable Star Project},
author = {Michael W. Feast},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.3019},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
5 pages, For Proc. Middle-East Africa Regional IAU Meeting, Cairo 2008