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The Distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud; A Critical Review

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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Five independent methods of deriving the distance modulus of the Large Magellanic Cloud are reviewed and compared. A value in the range 18.60 to 18.80 is presently preferred.

Type
Part 8. Cepheids and Distances
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 190: New Views of the Magellanic Clouds , 1999 , pp. 542 - 548
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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