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Classical Cepheids and Galactic Structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J.D. Fernie
J.D. Fernie*
Affiliation:
David Dunlap Observatory, University of Toronto, Toronto ON, M5S 1A7, Canada

Abstract

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In this review I consider recent results on the space distribution of classical Cepheids, first dealing with their Z-distribution normal to the galactic plane, and second considering their X,Y components in the plane. In doing so, use is made of a new database of 505 stars known to be or likely to be classical Cepheids which has recently been compiled by Fernie et al. (1995) and which is available electronically on the World Wide Web at the URL http://ddo.astro.utoronto.ca/cepheids.html, and by anonymous ftp at perseus.astro.utoronto.ca (128.100.77.18) in the directory pub/cepheids.

Following the discussion of space distribution, a review of recent work on Cepheid kinematics and the resulting determination of the distance to the galactic centre will be given.

Type
Part 1. The Scientific Programme
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 155: Astrophysical Applications of Stellar Pulsation , 1995 , pp. 155 - 164
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1995

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