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Stellar distances by the Baade-Wesselink method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

G. P. Di Benedetto*
Affiliation:
Istituto di Fisica Cosmica del CNR, Milano, Italy

Abstract

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Galactic and extragalactic distances to Cepheid variable stars according to a modern realization of the geometric Baade-Wesselink method are presented. Reliable results as accurate as few percent are currently achievable, allowing the cosmic distance scale calibration to be significantly improved with respect to previous calibrations.

Type
Stellar Distances
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1997 

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