The Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relation in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Sebo, Kim; Rawson, Dayal; Mould, Jeremy; Madore, Barry F; Putman, Mary E; Graham, John A; Freedman, Wendy L; Gibson, Bradley K; Germany, Lisa

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The Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relation in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Date

2002

Authors

Sebo, Kim

Rawson, Dayal

Mould, Jeremy

Madore, Barry F

Putman, Mary E

Graham, John A

Freedman, Wendy L

Gibson, Bradley K

Germany, Lisa

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Abstract

A homogeneous set of ground-based BVRI observations of ∼600 Cepheids is presented to check the Cepheid period-luminosity zero point for the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The sample of Cepheids is completely self-contained and has been reduced consistent