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A precise and accurate distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud from late-type eclipsing-binary systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2013

G. Pietrzyński ,
W. Gieren ,
D. Graczyk ,
I. Thompson ,
B. Pilecki ,
N. Nardetto ,
R.-P. Kudritzki ,
F. Bresolin ,
G. Bono  and
P. Prada Moroni
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G. Pietrzyński
Affiliation:
Universidad de Concepción, Departamento de Astronomía, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
W. Gieren
Affiliation:
Universidad de Concepción, Departamento de Astronomía, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile
D. Graczyk
Affiliation:
Universidad de Concepción, Departamento de Astronomía, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile
I. Thompson
Affiliation:
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101–1292, USA
B. Pilecki
Affiliation:
Universidad de Concepción, Departamento de Astronomía, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
N. Nardetto
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Fizeau, UNS/OCA/CNRS UMR6525, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France
R.-P. Kudritzki
Affiliation:
Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
F. Bresolin
Affiliation:
Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
G. Bono
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica Università di Roma Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy INAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Via Frascati 33, 00040 Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
P. Prada Moroni
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica Università di Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo 2, 56127 Pisa, Italy INFN, Sez. Pisa, via E. Fermi 2, 56127 Pisa, Italy
P. Konorski
Affiliation:
Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
M. Gorski
Affiliation:
Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
J. Storm
Affiliation:
Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics, An der Sternwarte 16, 14482, Potsdam, Germany
R. Smolec
Affiliation:
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre, Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warszawa, Poland
P. Karczmarek
Affiliation:
Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
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Abstract

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We present a precise and accurate measurement of the distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud based on late-type eclipsing-binary systems. Our results provide curently the most accurate zero point for the extragalactic distance scale.

Keywords

binaries: eclipsingMagellanic Cloudsgalaxies: individual (LMC)distance scale
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S289: Advancing the Physics of Cosmic Distances , August 2012 , pp. 169 - 172
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013

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