Electronic Resource
Springer
Astrophysics and space science
107 (1984), S. 167-176
ISSN:
1572-946X
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract A period-luminosity-colour relation is derived from the data of 29 galactic Cepheids with known distances collected from the literature, and is then compared with the simpler period-luminosity relation. The insignificant reduction in the dispersion seems to argue against the introduction of the colour term. It is, however, demonstrated that this evidence may be fictitious and due to the use of Cepheids, whose membership in a star aggregate is still doubtful. The exclusion of these stars leads to a PLC relation which shows a significantly smaller dispersion than that given by the corresponding PL relation.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00649622
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