Determination of the Hubble constant from observations of Cepheid variables in the galaxy M96

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1 October 1995

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/9509160

Abstract

New Hubble Space Telescope observations of Cepheid variable stars in the nearby galaxy M96 give a distance to the host galaxy group, Leo-I, of 11.6+/-0.8 Mpc. This value, used in conjunction with several reliable secondary indicators of relative distance, constrains the distances to more remote galaxy clusters, and yields a value of the Hubble constant (Ho=69+/-8 km/s/Mpc) that is independent of the velocity of the Leo-I group itself.

Keywords

OBSERVATIONS OF CEPHEID
CEPHEID VARIABLE
HUBBLE CONSTANT
GALAXY M96
RELIABLE
MPC
M96

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