https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201715207009
The Araucaria Project: Precise distances to Local Group galaxies from near-infrared photometry of RR Lyrae stars
Warsaw University Observatory, Al. Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
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Published online: 8 September 2017
Abstract
We present results of the Araucaria Project’s investigation of RR Lyrae stars as distance indicators in nearby galaxies. With an aid of near-infrared period-luminositymetallicity relations available in the literature we determined distance moduli to five Local Group galaxies with the uncertainty of about 5%.
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