A database of Cepheid distance moduli and tip of the red giant branch, globular cluster luminosity function, planetary nebula luminosity function, and surface brightness fluctuation data useful for distance determinations

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作者
Ferrarese, L [1 ]
Ford, HC
Huchra, J
Kennicutt, RC
Mould, JR
Sakai, S
Freedman, WL
Stetson, PB
Madore, BF
Gibson, BK
Graham, JA
Hughes, SM
Illingworth, GD
Kelson, DD
Macri, L
Sebo, K
Silbermann, NA
机构
[1] CALTECH, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[2] Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[3] Space Telescope Sci Inst, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[4] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[5] Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
[6] Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Astron & Astrophys, Inst Adv Studies, Weston, ACT 2611, Australia
[7] Natl Opt Astron Observ, Kitt Peak Natl Observ, Tucson, AZ 85726 USA
[8] Carnegie Observ, Pasadena, CA 91101 USA
[9] Dominion Astrophys Observ, Victoria, BC V8X 4M6, Canada
[10] NASA, IPAC, Extragalact Database, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[11] CALTECH, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[12] Univ Colorado, Ctr Astrophys & Space Astron, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[13] Carnegie Inst Sci, Dept Terr Magnetism, Washington, DC 20015 USA
[14] Royal Greenwich Observ, Cambridge CB3 0HA, England
[15] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Lick Observ, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
关键词
cosmology : theory; galaxies : distances and redshifts;
D O I
10.1086/313391
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P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present a compilation of Cepheid distance moduli and data for four secondary distance indicators that employ stars in the old stellar populations: the planetary nebula luminosity function (PNLF), the globular cluster luminosity function (GCLF), the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB), and the surface brightness fluctuation (SBF) method. The database includes all data published as of 1999 July 15. The main strength of this compilation resides in the fact that all data are on a consistent and homogeneous system: all Cepheid distances are derived using the same calibration of the period-luminosity relation, the treatment of errors is consistent for all indicators, and measurements that are not considered reliable are excluded. As such, the database is ideal for comparing any of the distance indicators considered, or for deriving a Cepheid calibration to any secondary distance indicator, such as the Tully-Fisher relation, the Type Ia supernovae, or the fundamental plane for elliptical galaxies. This task has already been undertaken by Ferrarese et at, Sakai et al., Kelson et al., and Gibson et al. Specifically the database includes (1) Cepheid distances, extinctions, and metallicities; (2) reddened apparent lambda 5007 Angstrom magnitudes of the PNLF cutoff; (3) reddened apparent magnitudes and colors of the turnover of the GCLF (in both the V and B bands); (4) reddened apparent magnitudes of the TRGB (in the I band) and V-I colors at 0.5 mag fainter than the TRGB; and (5) reddened apparent surface brightness fluctuation magnitudes measured in Kron-Cousin I, K', and K-short, and using the F814W filter with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) WFPC2. In addition, for every galaxy in the database we give reddening estimates from IRAS/DIRBE as well as H I maps, J2000 coordinates, Hubble and T-type morphological classification, apparent total magnitude in B, and systemic velocity.
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页数:29
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