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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
卷 27, 期 4, 页码 457-462出版社
CSIRO PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1071/AS09061
关键词
Galaxies: distances and redshifts; galaxies: individual (NGC 5128); galaxies: stellar content
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
In this paper we review the various high precision methods that are now available to determine the distance to NGC 5128. These methods include: Cepheids, TRGB (tip of the red giant branch), PNLF (planetary nebula luminosity function), SBF (surface brightness fluctuations), and Long Period Variable (LPV) Mira stars. From an evaluation of these methods and their uncertainties, we derive a best-estimate distance of 3.8 +/- 0.1 Mpc to NGC 5128 and find that this mean is now well supported by the current data. We also discuss the role of NGC 5128 more generally for the extragalactic distance scale as a testbed for the most direct possible comparison among these key methods.
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