The Araucaria Project: The Local Group Galaxy WLM - Distance and Metallicity from Quantitative Spectroscopy of Blue Supergiants
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The quantitative analysis of low resolution spectra of A and B supergiants is used to determine a distance modulus of 24.99± 0.10 mag (995± 46 Kpc) Based on VLT observations for ESO Large Programme 171.D-0004.
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