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The Cepheid period-luminosity zero-point from radial velocities and Hipparcos proper motions

Feast, Michael ; Pont, Frederic ; Whitelock, Patricia

In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1998, vol. 298, no. 2, p. L43-L44

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    Titre
    • The Cepheid period-luminosity zero-point from radial velocities and Hipparcos proper motions
    Auteur
    • Feast, Michael. Astronomy Department, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa
    • Pont, Frederic. Geneva Observatory, CH-1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
    • Whitelock, Patricia. South African Astronomical Observatory, PO Box 9, Observatory, 7935, South Africa
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1998, vol. 298, no. 2, p. L43-L44. Blackwell Science Ltd
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    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:297425
    Summary
    A value for the zero-point (ρ) of the Cepheid period-luminosity relation, < MV >= 2.81 log P + ρ, is deduced by comparing the value of the Oort constant, A, derived from radial velocities with that derived from Hipparcos proper motions. We find in this way that ρ =−1.47 ± 0.13, in excellent agreement with the value derived from Hipparcos trigonometrical parallaxes, ρ = −1.43 ± 0.10, by Feast & Catchpole in a recent paper