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Extragalactic Distance Scale

The "Extragalactic Distance Scale" is a hierarchical system of astronomical measurement methods that, through successive calibration of standard candles and standard rulers, determines the distances to galaxies beyond the Milky Way with increasing cosmological reach and associated uncertainty.

864

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75.6K

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1.9K

Authors

611

Institutions

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2017–2026

151

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Cosmic Distance Ladder

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864

Large Magellanic Cloud Cepheid Standards Provide a 1% Foundation for the Determination of the Hubble Constant and Stronger Evidence for Physics beyond ΛCDM

The Astrophysical Journal · 2019 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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Baryon acoustic oscillations in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 galaxy sample

Will J. Percival, Beth Reid, Daniel J. Eisenstein et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2009 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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The clustering of the SDSS DR7 main Galaxy sample – I. A 4 per cent distance measure at z = 0.15

Ashley J. Ross, Lado Samushia, Cullan Howlett et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2015 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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A 2.4% Determination of the Local Value of the Hubble Constant

OakTrust (Texas A&M University Libraries) · 2016 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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The SBF Survey of Galaxy Distances. IV. SBF Magnitudes, Colors, and Distances

The Astrophysical Journal · 2001 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. BF
    Barry F. Madore

    Carnegie Observatories, United States

    52 publications · 5.5K citations

    36

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  2. WL
    Wendy L. Freedman

    Carnegie Observatories, United States

    48 publications · 5.2K citations

    35

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  3. JR
    J. R. Mould

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    41 publications · 4.2K citations

    33

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  4. AS
    Allan Sandage

    Carnegie Observatories, United States

    40 publications · 3K citations

    28

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  5. LF
    Laura Ferrarese

    Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Canada

    31 publications · 4.2K citations

    27

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Institutions

611

  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    51 h-index

    140 publications

    18.2K citations

  2. Carnegie Observatories

    Pasadena, United States

    49 h-index

    214 publications

    26.5K citations

  3. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    43 h-index

    153 publications

    15.2K citations

  4. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    41 h-index

    102 publications

    14.6K citations

  5. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    40 h-index

    94 publications

    15.5K citations

  6. University of Hawaii System

    Honolulu, United States

    38 h-index

    96 publications

    14.8K citations

  7. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    35 h-index

    75 publications

    22.1K citations

  8. Kitt Peak National Observatory

    Tucson, United States

    35 h-index

    78 publications

    11.3K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 335 publications · 31.2K citations

    90

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    114 publications · 14.6K citations

    51

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  3. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 60 publications · 4.8K citations

    36

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  4. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    57 publications · 3.6K citations

    35

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

    23 publications · 1.9K citations

    18

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