THE QUEST FOR DISCOVERING EXTRAGALACTIC CEPHEIDS

Chronology of studying extragalactic Cepheids is summarized, and the census of known classical Cepheids and their metal-deficient siblings, the anomalous Cepheids is taken. Up to now (August 2005) about 11000 Cepheids have been revealed in 74 galaxies. Cepheids belonging to the Milky Way galaxy o...

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Main Author: Laszlo Szabados
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Odessa I. I. Mechnykov National University 2017-04-01
Series:Odessa Astronomical Publications
Online Access:http://oap.onu.edu.ua/article/view/98265