The Hubble Space Telescope Key Project to Measure the Hubble Constant

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1998-01-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9801080v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

14 pages

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A review of the Hubble Space Telescope H0 Key Project is given, as presented at the IAU Symposium 183 on "Cosmological Parameters" held in Kyoto, Japan in August, 1997. An outline of the goals and progress toward this effort is given. Cepheid distances to over a dozen galaxies have now been measured using HST. These distances form the basis for the calibration of a number of secondary distance indicators including the Tully-Fisher relation and type Ia supernovae. Substantial progress has been made in placing empirical limits on the effects of varying metal abundance on the derived Cepheid distances. The Key Project data are consistent with a small effect of -0.24 +/- 0.16 mag/dex. The value of the Hubble constant is presently determined to be 73 +/- 6 (statistical) +/- 8 km/sec/Mpc, based upon a number of methods. A summary of the recent calibration of the Cepheid period-luminosity relation using Hipparcos is also given.

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