| Title | The distance to the LMC from uvby-beta photometry of B stars. |
| Authors | Shobbrook, R. R.; Visvanathan, N. |
| Bibcode | 1987MNRAS.225..947S Search ADS ↗ |
| Abstract | uvbyβ photometry of non-supergiant B stars in the LMC obtained with the 3.9-m Anglo-Australian telescope has been combined with earlier data published on B supergiants to give a distance modulus of 18.3±0.2, corresponding to a distance of 46 kpc. This result is independent of the methods using Cepheids. It uses the same calibration of the luminosities of B stars as is used to determine the zero-point of the Cepheid P/L/C relation in our Galaxy, and provides an independent check of that zero-point within the LMC. |
| Objects | 1 Objects Search NED ↙ |
