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Variable Stars in Clusters and the Distance Scale - Some Recent Results Concerning the LMC Cluster NGC 1866

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Alistair R. Walker ,
Gabriella Raimondo  and
Elisa di Carlo
Alistair R. Walker
Affiliation:
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Casilla 603, La Serena, Chile
Gabriella Raimondo
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astronomico di Collurania, via M. Maggini, I-64100, Teramo, Italy
Elisa di Carlo
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astronomico di Collurania, via M. Maggini, I-64100, Teramo, Italy

Abstract

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After summarizing the importance of clusters and variable stars in the context of the distance scale, we focus on two new, and independent, programs to determine the distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud cluster NGC 1866.

Type
Part 4. Star Cluster Formation and Evolution: Theory and Observation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 207: Extragalactic Star Clusters , 2002 , pp. 539 - 544
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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