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The Petersen Diagram for RR Lyrae Stars in the Magellanic Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

B. L. Popielski
Affiliation:
Warsaw University Observatory, Warsaw, Al. Vjazdowskie 4, Poland
W. A. Dziembowski
Affiliation:
Warsaw University Observatory, Warsaw, Al. Vjazdowskie 4, Poland

Abstract

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We show that the spread of the Magellanic Cloud RRd stars in the Petersen diagram may be explained in terms of spread in metallicity by one order of magnitude.

Type
Part 3. Cepheids, RR Lyrae Stars, Distance Scales
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

References

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