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
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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
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Keywords: Cepheids; Distance scale; Magellanic clouds; Techniques: Photometric
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Source
Astrophysical Journal, The
Type
Journal article