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The Infrared Distance Scale: The Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
The advantages of using near-infrared photometry of Cepheids to determine distances to nearby galaxies are now well known. In this paper we summarize the current state of the infrared period-luminosity (P-L) relations for the Galaxy, the LMC, and the SMC and present composite P-L relations derived from all available photometry. We give distance moduli for the LMC and SMC based on these data and briefly report on the status of other work in progress.
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- Part III. Extragalactic Cepheids and the PL Relation
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 82: Cepheids: Theory and Observations , 1985 , pp. 219 - 222
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985
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