The Distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud
2000 ◽
Vol 176
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pp. 203-207
Keyword(s):
Rr Lyrae
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AbstractI demonstrate that the two unexpected results in the local Universe: anomalous intrinsic (V – I)0 colors of RR Lyrae stars and clump giants in the Galactic center, and very short distances to Magellanic Clouds inferred from clump giants, can be at least partially resolved with a modified coefficient of selective extinction AV/E(V – I). With this modification, I find a new clump-giant distance modulus to the Large Magellanic Cloud, μLMC = 18.27 ± 0.07, which is 0.09 larger than the Udalski (1998b) result. When distance estimates from the red clump, RR Lyrae stars and the eclipsing binary HV2274 are combined, one obtains μLMC = 18.31 ± 0.04 (internal).
2009 ◽
Vol 502
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pp. 505-514
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RR Lyrae stars in the inner Large Magellanic Cloud: halo-like location with a disk-like distribution
2006 ◽
Vol 449
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pp. 101-108
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