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Post-Hipparcos Cosmic Candles

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  • © 1999

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  1. A. Heck

    1. Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, France

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  2. F. Caputo

    1. Observatoire Astronomico di Capodimonte-Napoli, Italy

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 237)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Hipparcos: A New Basis for Calibrating Distance Indicators

    • Catherine Turon
    Pages 1-16

  3. Distance Determination with Cepheid Variables

    • Nial R. Tanvir
    Pages 17-35

  4. Absolute Magnitudes Derived Using the Statistical Parallax Method

    • Andrew C. Layden
    Pages 37-52

  5. The RR Lyrae Distance Scale

    • Piotr Popowski, Andrew Gould
    Pages 53-73

  6. Mira Distances and Their Use

    • Michael Feast, Patricia Whitelock
    Pages 75-87

  7. Distances and Ages of Globular Clusters Using Hipparcos Parallaxes of Local Subdwarfs

    • Raffaele G. Gratton, Eugenio Carretta, Gisella Clementini
    Pages 89-110

  8. Globular Cluster Distance Determinations

    • Brian Chaboyer
    Pages 111-124

  9. The Distances of the Magellanic Clouds

    • Alistair R. Walker
    Pages 125-144

  10. Helium Core Flash and TIP of The Red Giant Branch Distances

    • Barry F. Madore, Wendy L. Freedman
    Pages 145-160

  11. Distances from the Planetary Nebulae Luminosity Function

    • Roberto H. Mendez
    Pages 161-180

  12. Distances from Surface Brightness Fluctuations

    • John P. Blakeslee, Edward A. Ajhar, John L. Tonry
    Pages 181-202

  13. Distances from the Correlation Between Galaxy Luminosities and Rotation Rates

    • R. Brent Tully
    Pages 203-223

  14. Distance Scale from Supernovae

    • F. Duccio Macchetto, Nino Panagia
    Pages 225-245

  15. The Contribution of Microlensing Surveys to the Distance Scale

    • Jean Philippe Beaulieu, Willem Jan De Wit
    Pages 247-268

  16. Stellar Evolution and Standard Candles

    • Vittorio Castellani
    Pages 269-284
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In May 1976, when one of us was temporarily associated with Stras­ bourg Observatory for lecturing on distance determination methods (Heck 1978), Pierre Lacroute - then in his last year as Director there - mod­ estly requested comments on a project he had been cherishing for quite a few years, and which he had been presenting to visitors and colleagues: an astrometric satellite. His persuasiveness and persistence won support from the scientific com­ munity, from the French space agency CNES and from the European Space Agency (ESA): the Hipparcos satellite was born. It was fitting that Lacroute lived long enough after his retirement to attend the launch of his brainchild in 1989 and to see it successfully operational. He knew however he would not enjoy the completion of this long and ambitious mission (he passed away on 14 January 1993, a few days before reaching the age of 87). In May 1997, in the prestigious setting of San Giorgio :Maggiore in Venice, ESA organized a symposium celebrating the presentation of the Hipparcos and Tycho catalogues. That conference signalled also the re­ lease of the first scientific results based at least partially on Hipparcos data. An impressive proceedings volume (Battrick 1997) of more than nine hundred pages, gathering together almost two hundred contributions, gave evidence of numerous studies in progress, in addition to papers starting to appear in the classical journals. The well-maintained ESA Hipparcos web site (http://astro. estec. esa.

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`Post-Hipparcos Cosmic Candles is an excellent overview of cosmic distance scales.'
Thomas Barnes

Editors and Affiliations

  • Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, France

    A. Heck

  • Observatoire Astronomico di Capodimonte-Napoli, Italy

    F. Caputo

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