Determination of the Distance to M33 Based on Single Epoch I-band HST Observations of Cepheids

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2001-09-29

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0110005v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, 6 figures (1 color), uses emulateapj5.sty, Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/324719

We have determined the distance to M33 using single epoch I-band observations of Cepheids based on HST/WFPC2 images of five fields in M33. Combining the HST I-band photometry and the periods determined from the ground-based observations (DIRECT) for 21 Cepheids with log P>0.8 in the sample of 32 Cepheids, we derive a distance modulus of (m-M)_0=24.52+/-0.14(random)+/-0.13(systematic) for an adopted total reddening of M33, E(B-V)=0.20+/-0.04 (E(V-I)=0.27+/-0.05) given by Freedmand et al.(2001), the reddening to the LMC, E(B-V)=0.10, and the distance to the LMC, (m-M)_0=18.50. If the total reddening to M33 of E(B-V)=0.10+/-0.09 given by Freedman, Wilson, and Madore(1991) is used, the Cepheid distance modulus based on the I-band photometry will be increased by 0.20. Metallicity effect on the Cepheid distance to M33 is estimated to be small, delta(m-M)_Z=0.01 to 0.06, which leads to (m-M)_0=24.53 to 24.58 after this metallicity effect correction. Using the Wesenheit W_I, an extinction-free parameter, we derive a similar value, (m-M)_0=24.52+/-0.15(random)+/-0.11(systematic). These results are in reasonable agreement with those based on the ground-based multi-epoch BVRI observations of brighter Cepheids in M33, and are ~0.3 smaller than those based on the tip of the red giant branch and the red clump. It is needed to estimate better the reddening to Cepheids in M33.

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