Brightest cluster galaxies as standard candles

• 1 February 1995
• journal article
• Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
• Vol. 440, 28-47
• https://doi.org/10.1086/175245

Abstract

Keywords

• ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOMETRY
• BRIGHTNESS
• GALACTIC CLUSTERS
• RED SHIFT
• SKY SURVEYS (ASTRONOMY)
• STANDARDS
• STELLAR LUMINOSITY
• VELOCITY MEASUREMENT
• ABSORPTION SPECTRA
• ASTRONOMICAL CATALOGS
• CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES
• LINE SPECTRA
• STELLAR COLOR
• VISIBLE SPECTRUM