The Infrared Distance Scale: The Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds Journal Articles uri icon

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abstract

  • AbstractThe 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.

publication date

  • 1985