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Reference Frames and the Extragalactic Distance Scale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

M.W. Feast
M.W. Feast*
Affiliation:
South African Astronomical Observatory, P 0 Box 9, Observatory 7935 Cape, South Africa

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It is suggested that proper motions will continue to play a key role in fixing the extragalactic distance scale and that uncertainties in the present reference frame are of significance for distance scale problems.

Type
Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 7: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XIXth General Assembly of the IAU, 1985 , 1986 , pp. 59 - 62
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986

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