Forty eclipsing binaries in the Small Magellanic Cloud: fundamental parameters and Cloud distance
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Photometric Solutions for Semi-Detached Eclipsing Binaries: Selection of Distance Indicators in the Small Magellanic Cloud
Estimation of distances to nearby galaxies by the use of eclipsing binaries as standard candles has recently become feasible because of new large scale instruments and the discovery of thousands of eclipsing binaries as spinoff from Galactic microlensing surveys. Published measurements of distances to detached eclipsing binaries in the Large Magellanic Cloud combine stellar surface areas (in ab...
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عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08653.x