Publication Date:
2019-06-28
Description:
The absolute visual magnitudes of main-sequence Cepheid companions are here determined from their effective temperatures. The latter are obtained by comparing the measured relative energy distributions with model atmosphere energy distributions. Assuming an average Galactic extinction law, it is found that the distance moduli for the Cepheids should be smaller by Delta (mv-Mv) = -0.5 as compared to the Sandage-Tammann relation.
Keywords:
ASTROPHYSICS
Type:
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X); 296; 169-174
Format:
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