The Hubble Space Telescope Extragalactic Distance Scale Key Project. IX. The Discovery of Cepheids in NGC 2090

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Jun 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998apj...500..763p&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal v.500, p.763

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Stars: Variables: Cepheids, Galaxies: Distances And Redshifts, Galaxies: Individual Ngc Number: Ngc 2090, Galaxies: Photometry

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We report on the discovery of 34 Cepheid variables in NGC 2090, with periods ranging between 5 and 58 days. Apparent V and I period-luminosity relations for Cepheids with P >= 10 days have been constructed, assuming a fiducial distance modulus, mu 0, of 18.50 +/- 0.10 mag and a reddening, E(B-V), of 0.10 mag for the Large Magellanic Cloud. Using the ALLFRAME photometry package, an inferred reddening of E(V-I) = 0.09 +/- 0.02 mag (internal error) and a true distance modulus of 30.45 +/- 0.16 (random) +/- 0.16 (systematic) mag for NGC 2090 are found. The corresponding distance is 12.3 +/- 0.9 (random) +/- 0.9 (systematic) Mpc, a value that agrees at the 2.5% level with that derived from an independent analysis using a modified version of the DoPHOT photometry package.

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