The Distances of the Magellanic Clouds
Astrophysics
2016-01-27 v1
Abstract
The present status of our knowledge of the distances to the Magellanic Clouds is evaluated from a post-Hipparcos perspective. After a brief summary of the effects of structure, reddening, age and metallicity, the primary distance indicators for the Large Magellanic Cloud are reviewed: The SN 1987A ring, Cepheids, RR Lyraes, Mira variables, and Eclipsing Binaries. Distances derived via these methods are weighted and combined to produce final "best" estimates for the Magellanic Clouds distance moduli.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9808336,
title = {The Distances of the Magellanic Clouds},
author = {Alistair R. Walker},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9808336},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
Invited review article to appear in ``Post Hipparcos Cosmic Candles'', F. Caputo & A. Heck (Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht, in press