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The DIRECT Project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Lucas M. Macri
Lucas M. Macri*
Affiliation:
National Optical Astronomy Observatory, 950 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA

Abstract

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The DIRECT project aims to determine direct distances to two important galaxies in the cosmological distance ladder – M31 and M33 – using detached eclipsing binaries (DEBs) and Cepheids. I summarize the results of the project and present some results from follow-up observations.

Type
Part 2. What variable stars tell us about the Local Group, including the distance scale
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 193: Variable Stars in the Local Group , 2004 , pp. 33 - 40
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004

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