Cepheid distance to the Virgo Cluster.
Abstract
HST data on Cepheid variables in one Virgo cluster spiral galaxy (M100) is re-analyzed, taking into account flux-limited incompleteness in the sample and calibration of the period-luminosity relation in the relevant period range. The distance to the Virgo cluster is estimated to be 19.6±1.7 (random) ±2.6 (systematic) Mpc.
- Publication:
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Pramana
- Pub Date:
- December 1999
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s12043-999-0047-2
- Bibcode:
- 1999Prama..53..933M
- Keywords:
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- Clusters of Galaxies: Virgo;
- Clusters of Galaxies: Distances;
- Clusters of Galaxies: Cepheids;
- Distance Indicators: Cepheids