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Calibration of the Cepheid Distance Scale [PDF]

International Astronomical Union Colloquium, 1993
AbstractThe absolute calibration of the Cepheid period-luminosity (PL) relation with galactic Cepheids is discussed. Various methods, most importantly the cluster ZAMS-fitting scale and the Baade-Wesselink scale are found to yield PL zero points which agree within ∼ ± 0.1 mag. The present Cepheid calibration sets the Large Magellanic Cloud at μ0 (LMC) =
Wolfgang P. Gieren, Pascal Fouqué
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Connecting Infrared Surface Brightness Fluctuation Distances to Type Ia Supernova Hosts: Testing the Top Rung of the Distance Ladder

The Astrophysical Journal, 2023
We compare infrared surface brightness fluctuation (IR SBF) distances measured in galaxies that have hosted type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) to distances estimated from SNe Ia light-curve fits.
Peter Garnavich, Charlotte M. Wood, Peter Milne, Joseph B. Jensen, John P. Blakeslee, Peter J. Brown, Daniel Scolnic, Benjamin Rose, Dillon Brout   +8 more
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The Araucaria Project: A study of the classical Cepheid in the eclipsing binary system OGLE LMC562.05.9009 in the Large Magellanic Cloud [PDF]

, 2015
We present a detailed study of the classical Cepheid in the double-lined, highly eccentric eclipsing binary system OGLE-LMC562.05.9009. The Cepheid is a fundamental mode pulsator with a period of 2.988 days. The orbital period of the system is 1550 days.
Bono, Giuseppe, Catelan, Marcio, Gallenne, Alexandre, Gieren, Wolfgang, Gorski, Marek, Graczyk, Dariusz, Karczmarek, Paulina, Konorski, Piotr, Kozlowski, Szymon, Minniti, Dante, Moroni, Pier Giorgio Prada, Mroz, P., Nardetto, Nicolas, Pawlak, M., Pietrukowicz, Pawel, Pietrzynski, Grzegorz, Pilecki, Bogumil, Poleski, Radoslaw, Skowron, Jan, Smolec, Radoslaw, Soszynki, Igor, Storm, Jesper, Suchomska, Ksenia, Szymanski, Michal, Taormina, Monica, Thompson, Ian B., Udalski, Andrzej, Ulaczyk, K., Wyrzykowski, Lukasz   +28 more
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Revising the Milky Way Cepheid Calibration: Quantifying and Correcting for Previously Undetected Distance Modulus Errors in the Gaia-based Multiwavelength Period–Luminosity Relations

The Astrophysical Journal
We examine the multiwavelength period–luminosity–color (PLC) relations for Cepheid variables in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds and the Milky Way.
Barry F. Madore, Wendy L. Freedman
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Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Patterns Among People With Cancer in New South Wales, Australia: A Population‐Wide Data Linkage Study

Cancer Medicine, Volume 15, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality patterns among people with cancer in New South Wales (NSW) compared to the NSW general population and trends over time. Design Population‐wide retrospective data‐linkage study. Participants and Setting 873,344 people aged ≥ 40 diagnosed with primary invasive cancer and registered ...
Md Mijanur Rahman, Karen Canfell, Katy Bell, Grace Joshy, Michael David, Anne Cust, David Goldsbury, Bogda Koczwara, Emily Banks, Xue Qin Yu   +9 more
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Cepheid Distance to the Virgo Cluster [PDF]

International Astronomical Union Colloquium, 2000
AbstractA reanalysis of the HST data on Cepheids in the Virgo cluster spiral M100 is presented, based on our study of the Galactic Cepheids. A distance modulus of 31.49 mag is derived, which is higher than the HST Key Project value of 31.04 mag obtained from the same data earlier (Ferrarese et al. 1996). The increase in the distance is caused by nearly
Anwesh Mazumdar, D. Narasimha
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Mitigating Random-phase Sampling Noise in the Cepheid Period–Luminosity Relation: A Cross-filter Consistency Approach

The Astrophysical Journal
The period–luminosity (PL) relation is usually derived using time-averaged magnitudes, which require multiple-epoch observations to determine periods and adequately sample the light curves.
Mahdi Abdollahi, Atefeh Javadi, Barry F. Madore, Wendy L. Freedman, Hamidreza Mahani   +4 more
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Mapping the HPV Detection Landscape in Botswana: A Narrative Review of Diagnostic Platforms and Their Impact on Cervical Cancer Control

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aim Cervical cancer is a major public health issue in Botswana, driven by high HIV prevalence and limited screening access. Molecular detection of high‐risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) is crucial for prevention and early diagnosis.
Leabaneng Tawe
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The Cepheid distance to the Local Group Galaxy NGC 6822

, 2012
Recent estimates of the Cepheid distance modulus of NGC 6822 differ by 0.18 mag. To investigate this we present new multi-epoch JHKs photometry of classical Cepheids in the central region of NGC 6822 and show that there is a zero-point difference from ...
Baldacci, Benedict, Benedict, Cardelli, Carpenter, Clementini, Feast, Gieren, Indebetouw, John W. Menzies, Madore, Madore, Michael W. Feast, Noriyuki Matsunaga, Patricia A. Whitelock, Persson, Pietrzyński, Riess, Schechter, Schlegel, Soszyński, Udalski, van Leeuwen, Venn   +23 more
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Milky Way Classical Cepheid Distances from Calibrated Infrared Period–Luminosity–Metallicity Relations

The Astrophysical Journal
Classical Cepheids (DCEPs) serve as fundamental standard candles for measuring cosmic distances and investigating the structure and evolution of the Milky Way disk.
Huajian Wang, Xiaodian Chen
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