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Distance Scales and the Local Group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Michael Feast
Michael Feast*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa

Abstract

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A review is given of a number of basic distance indicators as applied to some members of the local group. Particular attention is given to galaxies whose distances have been determined by more than one method. This allows one to test the internal consistency of the indicators.

Type
Part 1: Setting the Scene
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 192: The Stellar Content of Local Group Galaxies , 1999 , pp. 51 - 62
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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