Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-08-18
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
To be published in the Astrophysical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1086/497299
We have used the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the Hubble Space Telescope to obtain F435W, F555W and F814W single-epoch images of six fields in the spiral galaxy NGC 300. Taking advantage of the superb spatial resolution of these images, we have tested the effect that blending of the Cepheid variables studied from the ground with close stellar neighbors, unresolved on the ground-based images, has on the distance determination to NGC 300. Out of the 16 Cepheids included in this study, only three are significantly affected by nearby stellar objects. After correcting the ground-based magnitudes for the contribution by these projected companions to the observed flux, we find that the corresponding Period-Luminosity relations in V, I and the Wesenheit magnitude W_I are not significantly different from the relations obtained without corrections. We fix an upper limit of 0.04 magnitudes to the systematic effect of blending on the distance modulus to NGC 300. As part of our HST imaging program, we present improved photometry for 40 blue supergiants in NGC 300.
Bresolin Fabio
Gieren Wolfgang
Kudritzki Rolf Peter
Pietrzynski Grzegorz
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