عنوان

Post-hipparcos cosmic candles

(Number (ISBN

940105990X

(Number (ISBN

9401147345

(Number (ISBN

9789401059909

(Number (ISBN

9789401147347

Number

b553887

Title Proper

Post-hipparcos cosmic candles

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by A. Heck and F. Caputo.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Dordrecht

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Science+Business Media

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1999

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(ix, 284 pages :) : illustrations (some color).

Series Title

Astrophysics and space science library, v. 237.

Text of Note

Foreword. Hipparcos: A New Basis for Calibrating Distance Indicators; C. Turon. Distance Determination with Cepheid Variables; N.R. Tanvir. Absolute Magnitudes Derived Using the Statistical Parallax Method; A.C. Layden. The RR Lyrae Distance Scale; P. Popowski, A. Gould. Mira Distances and their Use; M. Feast, P. Whitelock. Distances and Ages of Globular Clusters Using Hipparcos Parallaxes of Local Subdwarfs; R.G. Gratton, et al. Globular Cluster Distance Determinations; B. Chaboyer. The Distances of the Magellanic Clouds; A. Walker. Helium Core Flash and Tip of the Red Giant Branch Distances; B.F. Madore, W.L. Freedman. Distances from the Planetary Nebulae Luminosity Function; R.H. Mendez. Distances from Surface Brightness Fluctuations; J.P. Blakeslee, J.L. Tonry. Distances from the Correlation between Galaxy Luminosities and Rotation Rates; R.B. Tully. Distance Scale from Supernovae; F.D. Macchetto, N. Panagia. The Contribution of Microlensing Surveys to the Distance Scale; J.-P. Beaulieu, W.J. de Wit. Stellar Evolution and Standard Candles; V. Castellani.

Astronomy.

Cosmological distances -- Measurement.

Class number

Book number

edited by A. Heck and F. Caputo.

A Heck

F Caputo

Electronic name

[Book]

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