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红巨星分支到NGC 4258的金属性校正的尖端距离

Metallicity-corrected Tip of the Red Giant Branch Distance to NGC 4258

Violet A. Mager, Barry F. Madore, Wendy L. Freedman

摘要:

我们使用哈勃太空望远镜(HST)和宽视场高级巡天相机(ACS/WFC)进行的观测确定了NGC 4258的距离。我们采用了一种改进的技术,充分考虑了金属丰度对红巨星分支(TRGB)尖端光度的影响,以确定迄今为止最精确的TRGB距离模量之一:u(TRGB)= 29.28 +/- 0.04(随机)+/- 0.12(系统)mag(7.18 +/- 0.13 +/- 0.40 Mpc)。我们讨论这个距离模相对于其他最近的应用程序的TRGB方法NGC 4258,并与其他几种技术(造父变星和脉泽),同样具有竞争力的精度,但不同的系统。

英文摘要:

We have determined the distance to NGC 4258 using observations made with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the Wide Field, Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS/WFC). We apply a modified technique that fully accounts for metallicity effects on the use of the luminosity of the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) to determine one of the most precise TRGB distance moduli to date: u(TRGB) = 29.28 +/- 0.04 (random) +/- 0.12 (systematic) mag (7.18 +/- 0.13 +/- 0.40 Mpc). We discuss this distance modulus with respect to other recent applications of the TRGB method to NGC 4258, and with several other techniques (Cepheids and masers) that are equally competitive in their precision, but different in their systematics.

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