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

Authors
TANVIR NR SHANKS T FERGUSON HC ROBINSON DRT
Citation
Nr. Tanvir et al., DETERMINATION OF THE HUBBLE CONSTANT FROM OBSERVATIONS OF CEPHEID VARIABLES IN THE GALAXY M96, Nature, 377(6544), 1995, pp. 27-31
Citations number
46
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Nature → ACNP
ISSN journal
00280836
Volume
377
Issue
6544
Year of publication
1995
Pages
27 - 31
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-0836(1995)377:6544<27:DOTHCF>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
New Nubble Space Telescope observations of Cepheid variable stars in t he 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 reli able secondary indicators of relative distance, constrains the distanc es to more remote galaxy clusters, and yields a value of the Hubble co nstant (H-0 = 69 +/- 8 km s(-1) Mpc(-1)) that is independent of the ve locity of the Leo I group itself.