New Cepheid distances to nearby galaxies based on BVRI CCD photometry. III - NGC 300
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view Abstract Citations (91) References (26) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS New Cepheid Distances to Nearby Galaxies Based on BVRI CCD Photometry. III. NGC 300 Freedman, Wendy L. ; Madore, Barry F. ; Hawley, S. L. ; Horowitz, Irwin K. ; Mould, Jeremy ; Navarrete, Mauricio ; Sallmen, Shauna Abstract A true distance modulus of (m - M)_0_ = 26.66 +/- 0.10 mag (corresponding to 2.1 +/- 0.1 Mpc) has been determined for the Sculptor Group spiral galaxy NGC 300. New CCD data have been obtained for a sample of known Cepheids in this galaxy from which apparent distance moduli at B, V, R, and I wavelengths are determined. Combining the data available at different wavelengths, and assuming a true distance modulus to the LMC of 18.5 mag, a true distance modulus is obtained for NGC 300, corrected for the effects of interstellar reddening. The availability of a new distance to NGC 300 brings to five the total number of galaxies with new CCD photometry of Cepheids, useful for calibration of the Hubble constant. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: September 1992 DOI: 10.1086/171698 Bibcode: 1992ApJ...396...80F Keywords: Astronomical Photometry; Cepheus Constellation; Charge Coupled Devices; Local Group (Astronomy); Red Shift; Astrometry; Hubble Constant; Interstellar Extinction; Spiral Galaxies; Astrophysics; GALAXIES: DISTANCES AND REDSHIFTS; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL NGC NUMBER: NGC 300; GALAXIES: LOCAL GROUP; STARS: VARIABLES: CEPHEIDS; TECHNIQUES: PHOTOMETRIC full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (19) NED (17) Related Materials (2) Part 1: 1988ApJ...326..691F Part 2: 1991ApJ...372..455F