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The Distance to M33 Based on BVRI CCD Observations of Cepheids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Wendy L. Freedman*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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As part of a long-term program to study the distance and stellar content of M33, CCD frames of a number of fields centered on known Cepheids in this galaxy (Hubble 1926, Sandage and Carlson 1983) have been obtained, in collaboration with Madore, McAlary, and Davis. The observations were made at the prime focus of the Kitt Peak 4m telescope, and reduced using the Kitt Peak RICHFLD profile fitting programs. These data are still preliminary, but quite sufficient to illustrate the power in the application of our method.

Type
Part III. Extragalactic Cepheids and the PL Relation
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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