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The Infrared Distance Scale: The Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

D. L. Welch ,
C. W. McAlary ,
R. A. McLaren  and
B. F. Madore
D. L. Welch
Affiliation:
Dept. of Astronomy, University of Toronto
C. W. McAlary
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
R. A. McLaren
Affiliation:
Dept. of Astronomy, University of Toronto
B. F. Madore
Affiliation:
Dept. of Astronomy, University of Toronto

Abstract

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The 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.

Type
Part III. Extragalactic Cepheids and the PL Relation
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 82: Cepheids: Theory and Observations , 1985 , pp. 219 - 222
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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