Cepheid Variables in the Antennae Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • An accurate measurement of the Hubble constant provides important constraints on the equation of state of dark energy. Currently, the most robust determination of H 0 is based on Cepheid distances to nearby type Ia supernovae. The occurrence of SN 2007sr in the Antennae (NGC 4038/39) provides an important additional calibrator for this method since this galaxy pair is within a distance that Cepheid variables can be resolved with HST. We have recently obtained a set of 12 epochs of WFPC2 images which we have analyzed using a previously obtained set of ACS data as reference. An earlier WFPC2 image was also included in our study. We present preliminary periods and magnitudes of Cepheids in this galaxy pair. 2009 American Institute of Physics.

name of conference

  • STELLAR PULSATION: CHALLENGES FOR THEORY AND OBSERVATION: Proceedings of the International Conference

published proceedings

  • STELLAR PULSATION: CHALLENGES FOR THEORY AND OBSERVATION

author list (cited authors)

  • Chavez, J. M., Macri, L. M., Riess, A. G., & Pellerin, A.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Chavez, Joy M||Macri, Lucas M||Riess, Adam G||Pellerin, Anne

publication date

  • September 2009

publisher

  • AIP  Publisher