Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2010
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Binaries - Key to Comprehension of the Universe. Proceedings of a conference held June 8-12, 2009 in Brno, Czech Republic. Edite
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Scientific paper
We will present first results on distance determination to the LMC and SMC based on very rare late-type long-period eclipsing binaries with G-type giant components. It has been demonstrated that using accurate photometric and spectroscopic data and well established surface-brightness color (V-K) relations one can measure distances to individual systems with an accuracy of 3 per cent. With the discovery of a few dozen such systems in the Magellanic Clouds we are in a position to be able to measure distances to the LMC and SMC with 1 and 2.
Gieren Wolfgang
Graczyk Darek
Pietrzynski Grzegorz
Thompson Ian
~Minniti Dante
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