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A precise and accurate distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud from late-type eclipsing-binary systems
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2013
Abstract
We present a precise and accurate measurement of the distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud based on late-type eclipsing-binary systems. Our results provide curently the most accurate zero point for the extragalactic distance scale.
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S289: Advancing the Physics of Cosmic Distances , August 2012 , pp. 169 - 172
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- Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013
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