DETERMINATION OF THE HUBBLE CONSTANT FROM OBSERVATIONS OF CEPHEID VARIABLES IN THE GALAXY M96

被引：145

作者：

TANVIR, NR

SHANKS, T

FERGUSON, HC

ROBINSON, DRT

机构：

[1] UNIV DURHAM, DEPT PHYS, DURHAM DH1 3LE, ENGLAND

[2] SPACE TELESCOPE SCI INST, BALTIMORE, MD 21218 USA

来源：

NATURE | 1995年 / 377卷 / 6544期

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D O I：

10.1038/377027a0

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

New Nubble Space Telescope observations of Cepheid variable stars in the nearby galaxy M96 give a distance to the host galaxy group, Leo I, of 11.6 +/- 0.8 Mpc. This value, used in conjunction with several reliable secondary indicators of relative distance, constrains the distances to more remote galaxy clusters, and yields a value of the Hubble constant (H-0 = 69 +/- 8 km s(-1) Mpc(-1)) that is independent of the velocity of the Leo I group itself.

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页码：27 / 31

页数：5

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