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The Use of Maximum Light in Cepheid Distance Estimators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

S.M. Kanbur  and
M.A. Hendry
S.M. Kanbur
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow
M.A. Hendry
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow

Abstract

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Cepheid PLC relations are usually constructed using mean light. We show that the use of maximum and mean light leads to a distance estimator for the LMC with 30% less scatter than existing relations.

Type
Part 2. Poster Papers
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 155: Astrophysical Applications of Stellar Pulsation , 1995 , pp. 359 - 360
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1995

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