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An eclipsing-binary distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud accurate to two per cent

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  • G. Pietrzyński

    (Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile
    Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland)

  • D. Graczyk

    (Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile)

  • W. Gieren

    (Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile)

  • I. B. Thompson

    (Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara Street)

  • B. Pilecki

    (Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile
    Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland)

  • A. Udalski

    (Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland)

  • I. Soszyński

    (Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland)

  • S. Kozłowski

    (Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland)

  • P. Konorski

    (Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland)

  • K. Suchomska

    (Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland)

  • G. Bono

    (Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
    INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Via Frascati 33, 00040 Monte Porzio Catone, Italy)

  • P. G. Prada Moroni

    (Largo B. Pontecorvo 2, 56127 Pisa, Italy
    INFN, Sezione di Pisa, Via E. Fermi 2, 56127 Pisa, Italy)

  • S. Villanova

    (Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile)

  • N. Nardetto

    (Laboratoire Lagrange, UMR7293, UNS/CNRS/OCA, 06300 Nice, France)

  • F. Bresolin

    (Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Drive)

  • R. P. Kudritzki

    (Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Drive)

  • J. Storm

    (Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics, An der Sternwarte 16, 14482 Postdam, Germany)

  • A. Gallenne

    (Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile)

  • R. Smolec

    (Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre, Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warszawa, Poland)

  • D. Minniti

    (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Casilla 306, Santiago 22, Chile
    Vatican Observatory)

  • M. Kubiak

    (Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland)

  • M. K. Szymański

    (Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland)

  • R. Poleski

    (Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
    Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue)

  • Ł. Wyrzykowski

    (Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland)

  • K. Ulaczyk

    (Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland)

  • P. Pietrukowicz

    (Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland)

  • M. Górski

    (Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland)

  • P. Karczmarek

    (Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland)

Abstract

Observations of eight long-period, late-type eclipsing-binary systems composed of cool, giant stars are used to determine a distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud accurate to 2.2 per cent, providing a base for a determination of the Hubble constant to an accuracy of 3 per cent.

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  • G. Pietrzyński & D. Graczyk & W. Gieren & I. B. Thompson & B. Pilecki & A. Udalski & I. Soszyński & S. Kozłowski & P. Konorski & K. Suchomska & G. Bono & P. G. Prada Moroni & S. Villanova & N. Nardett, 2013. "An eclipsing-binary distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud accurate to two per cent," Nature, Nature, vol. 495(7439), pages 76-79, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:495:y:2013:i:7439:d:10.1038_nature11878
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11878
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