The Distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud; A Critical Review
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Symposium - International Astronomical Union
- Vol. 190, 542-548
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900118790
Abstract
Five independent methods of deriving the distance modulus of the Large Magellanic Cloud are reviewed and compared. A value in the range 18.60 to 18.80 is presently preferred.Keywords
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