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1. Cepheid calibration of SN 1989B in NGC 3627
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/522/802
Title:
Cepheid calibration of SN 1989B in NGC 3627
Short Name:
J/ApJ/522/802
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Repeated imaging observations have been made of NGC 3627 with the Hubble Space Telescope in 1997 - 1998 over an interval of 58 days. Images were obtained on 12 epochs in the F555W band and on five epochs in the F814W band. The galaxy hosted the prototypical, "Branch normal," type Ia supernova SN 1989B. A total of 83 variables have been found, of which 68 are definite Cepheid variables with periods ranging from 75 to 3.85 days. The dereddened distance modulus is determined to be (m-M)_o_=30.22{+/-}0.12 (internal uncertainty) using a subset of the Cepheid data whose reddening and error parameters are secure.
2. M101 Cepheids
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/508/491
Title:
M101 Cepheids
Short Name:
J/ApJ/508/491
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We report on the identification of 255 candidate variable stars in a field located some 1.7' from the center of the late-type spiral galaxy M101 = NGC 5457, based on observations made with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 on board the Hubble Space Telescope. Photometric measurements in the F555W and F814W filters - analyzed independently with the DAOPHOT/ALLFRAME and DoPHOT software suites - have been transformed to the Johnson V and Kron-Cousins I standard magnitude systems. Periods and intensity-averaged mean magnitudes for 61 carefully selected candidate Cepheid variables with periods in the range 10-48 days indicate a reddening-corrected mean distance modulus (m-M)_0_=29.05+/-0.14 (if the true modulus of the Large Magellanic Cloud is 18.50+/-0.10, and if there is no dependence of the period-luminosity relation on metal abundance); results consistent with this are obtained whether or not the sample is expanded to include a larger fraction of the candidates. Applying a metallicity-dependent correction of +0.16+/-0.10mag would increase this estimate to (m-M)_0_= 29.21+/-0.17mag.
3. VI photometry of Cepheids
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/529/723
Title:
VI photometry of Cepheids
Short Name:
J/ApJ/529/723
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Cepheid-based distances to seven Type Ia supernovae (SNe) host galaxies have been derived using the standard Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale pipeline. For the first time, this allows for a transparent comparison of data accumulated as part of three different HST projects: the Key Project, the Sandage et al. Type Ia supernovae (SNe) program, and the Tanvir et al. Leo I Group study. Reanalyzing the Tanvir et al. galaxy and six Sandage et al. galaxies, we find a mean (weighted) offset in true distance moduli of 0.12+/-0.07mag; i.e., 6% in linear distance, in the sense of reducing the distance scale or increasing H_0_. Adopting the reddening-corrected Hubble relations of Suntzeff et al. tied to a zero point based on SNe 1990N, 1981B, 1998bu, 1989B, 1972E, and 1960F and the photometric calibration of Hill et al. leads to a Hubble constant of H_0_=68+/-2(random)+/-5(systematic)km/s/Mpc. Adopting the Kennicutt et al. Cepheid period-luminosity-metallicity dependency decreases the inferred H_0_ by 4%. The H0 result from Type Ia SNe is now in good agreement, to within their respective uncertainties, with that from the Tully-Fisher and surface brightness fluctuation relations.
4. VI photometry of 29 Cepheids in M101.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/463/26
Title:
VI photometry of 29 Cepheids in M101.
Short Name:
J/ApJ/463/26
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We report on the discovery of 29 Cepheid variables in the galaxy M101 using the original Wide Field Camera (WFC) and the new Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) on the Hubble Space Telescope. We observed a field in M101 at 17 independent epochs in V (F555W), five epochs in I (F785LP/F814W), and one epoch in B (F439W), with a time interval baseline of 381 days. We have found Cepheids with periods ranging from 10 to 60 days. The data have been calibrated using WFPC2 observations with zero points derived from Omega Cen, Pal 4, and NGC 2419 observations. This calibration has been verified by using the Medium Deep Survey (MDS) WFC photometric zero points, and ground-based secondary standards in V and I. The V calibrations agree to +/-0.06mag, and the I calibrations agree to +/-0.4mag. We have constructed V and I period-luminosity (PL) relations and have derived apparent distance moduli based on a distance modulus for the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) of 18.50mag and a reddening of E(B-V)=0.10mag to the LMC Cepheids. Period-residual minimization was used to minimize the effects of Malmquist bias on the period-luminosity relation fitting process. Using a Galactic extinction law and the apparent V and I distance moduli, we have found a mean reddening for the M101 sample of E(B-V)=0.03mag and a true distance modulus to M101 of 29.34+/-0.17mag, corresponding to a distance of 7.4+/-0.6Mpc. The sources of error have been rigorously tracked through an error budget; systematic and random errors contribute roughly equally to the quoted error. The mean gas-phase metal abundances in the LMC and in the M101 outer field are similar so we expect metallicity effects to be minimal. These Cepheids will be used in conjunction with results from a Key Project search for Cepheids in an inner field, where the metallicity is larger by a factor of 5, to probe the effects of abundance on the Cepheid period-luminosity relation.
5. VI photometry of new Cepheids in NGC 3319
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/523/540
Title:
VI photometry of new Cepheids in NGC 3319
Short Name:
J/ApJ/523/540
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The distance to NGC 3319 has been determined from Cepheid variable stars as part of the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. Thirteen and four epochs of observations, using filters F555W (V) and F814W (I), respectively, were made with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. Thirty-three Cepheid variables between periods of 8 and 47 days were discovered. Adopting a Large Magellanic Cloud distance modulus of 18.50{+/-}0.10 mag and extinction of E(V-I)=0.13 mag, a true reddening-corrected distance modulus (based on an analysis employing the ALLFRAME software package) of 30.78 {+/-}0.14 (random) {+/-}0.10 (systematic) mag and the extinction of E(V-I)=0.06 mag were determined for NGC 3319. This galaxy is the last galaxy observed for the HST H_o_ Key Project.
6. VI photometry of new Cepheids in NGC 3198
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/514/614
Title:
VI photometry of new Cepheids in NGC 3198
Short Name:
J/ApJ/514/614
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We report the detection of Cepheid variable stars and a new distance to the Sc spiral NGC 3198. NGC 3198 is one of 25 galaxies that have been observed with the WFPC2 of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) for the purpose of measuring Cepheid distances. Eighteen of these galaxies were targeted by the HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale, whose objective is to calibrate a variety of secondary distant indicators and determine the Hubble constant to an accuracy of 10%. NGC 3198 was selected as part of this sample because its type and orientation make it very suitable as a Tully-Fisher calibrator. The WFPC2 data are comprised of 13 epochs in F555W ({~}V) and five epochs in F814W ({~}I). Two different crowded-field photometry packages (DAOPHOT/ALLFRAME and DoPHOT) were used. The magnitudes derived from these two packages agree to within a few percent. We identified 78 Cepheid candidates in the period range from eight to >50 days, of which 52 were selected for establishing the distance modulus. Period-luminosity relations were constructed in Johnson V and Kron-Cousins I by transforming the F555W and F814W to the standard system. We adopted a distance modulus of {mu}_o_=18.50{+/-}0.10 mag and mean reddening of E(B-V)=0.10 mag to the Large Magellanic Cloud Cepheids and found a true distance modulus to NGC 3198 of {mu}_o_=30.80{+/-}0.16 (random) {+/-}0.12 (systematic) mag. This modulus corresponds to a distance of 14.5 Mpc, with random and systematic errors of {+/-}1.2 and {+/-}0.9 Mpc, respectively.
7. VI photometry of new Cepheids in NGC 2541
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/507/655
Title:
VI photometry of new Cepheids in NGC 2541
Short Name:
J/ApJ/507/655
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We report the detection of Cepheids and a new distance to the spiral galaxy NGC 2541, based on data obtained with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). A total of 25 exposures (divided into 13 epochs) were obtained using the F555W filter (transformed to Johnson V), and nine exposures were obtained (divided into five epochs) using the F814W filter (transformed to Cousins I). Photometric reduction of the data is performed using two independent packages, DoPHOT and DAOPHOT II/ALLFRAME, which give very good agreement in the measured magnitudes. A total of 34 bona fide Cepheids, with periods ranging from 12 to over 60 days, are identified based on both sets of photometry. By fitting V and I period-luminosity relations, apparent distance moduli are derived assuming a Large Magellanic Cloud distance modulus and mean color excess of {mu}_LMC_=18.50+/-0.10mag and E(B-V)=0.10mag, respectively. Adopting A(V)/E(V-I)=2.45, we obtain a true distance modulus to NGC 2541 of {mu}_0_=30.47+/-0.11 (random) +/-0.12 (systematic) mag (D=12.4+/-0.6 [random] +/-0.7 [systematic] Mpc), and a total (Galactic plus internal) mean color excess E(B-V)=0.08+/-0.05 (internal error) mag.
8. VI photometry of new Cepheids in NGC 4725
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/512/48
Title:
VI photometry of new Cepheids in NGC 4725
Short Name:
J/ApJ/512/48
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The distance to NGC 4725 has been derived from Cepheid variables as part of the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. Thirteen F555W (V) and four F814W (I) epochs of cosmic-ray-split Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 observations were obtained. Twenty Cepheids were discovered, with periods ranging from 12 to 49 days. Adopting a Large Magellanic Cloud distance modulus and extinction of 18.50{+/-}0.10 mag and E(V-I)=0.13 mag, respectively, a true reddening-corrected distance modulus (based on an analysis employing the ALLFRAME software package) of 30.50{+/-}0.16 (random) {+/-}0.17 (systematic) mag was determined for NGC 4725. The corresponding of distance of 12.6{+/-}1.0 (random) {+/-}1.0 (systematic) Mpc is in excellent agreement with that found with an independent analysis based upon the DoPHOT photometry package. With a foreground reddening of only E(V-I)=0.02, the inferred intrinsic reddening of this field in NGC 4725, E(V-I)=0.19, makes it one of the most highly reddened fields encountered by the HST Key Project to date.

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