Post-Hipparcos Cosmic Candles
In May 1976, when one of us was temporarily associated with Stras bourg Observatory for lecturing on distance determination methods (Heck 1978), Pierre Lacroute - then in his last year as Director there - mod estly requested comments on a project he had been cherishing for quite a few years, and w...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1999, 1999
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1999 |
| Series: | Astrophysics and Space Science Library
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Hipparcos: A New Basis for Calibrating Distance Indicators
- Distance Determination with Cepheid Variables
- Absolute Magnitudes Derived Using the Statistical Parallax Method
- The RR Lyrae Distance Scale
- Mira Distances and their Use
- Distances and Ages of Globular Clusters using Hipparcos Parallaxes of Local Sub-dwarfs
- Globular Cluster Distance Determinations
- The Distances of the Magellanic Clouds
- Helium Core Flash and Tip of the Red Giant Branch Distances
- Distances from the Planetary Nebulae Luminosity Function
- Distances from Surface Brightness Fluctuations
- Distances from the Correlation between Galaxy Luminosities and Rotation Rates
- Distance Scale from Supernovae
- The Contribution of Microlensing Surveys to the Distance Scale
- Stellar Evolution and Standard Candles