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Local Calibrators and H0: The Distance to M31 Using RR Lyrae Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

C.J. Pritchet
C.J. Pritchet*
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 1700, Victoria, B.C. V8W 2Y2

Abstract

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We have used the CFH 3.6 m telescope in excellent seeing to observe RR Lyrae variables in a halo field in M31. From 32 variables found, we obtain (m - M)0 = 24.34 ± 0.15 for M31.

Type
Chapter III. The Classical Quantities of Cosmology
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 124: Observational Cosmology , 1987 , pp. 197 - 198
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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