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Primary Distance Indicators

Primary Distance Indicators is a class of astronomical measurement methods that directly determine extragalactic distances using observable properties of celestial objects, distinguished from secondary indicators by their independence from prior calibrations in the distance ladder.

226

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19.1K

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759

Authors

340

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2017–2026

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Publications

226

Fundamental properties of elliptical galaxies

S. G. Djorgovski, Marc Davis · The Astrophysical Journal · 1987 · 1.5K citations

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Observational Clues to the Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2014 · 930 citations · Full text

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SALT2: using distant supernovae to improve the use of type Ia supernovae as distance indicators

Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2007 · 872 citations · Full text

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Winds from Hot Stars

Rolf‐Peter Kudritzki, J. Puls · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2000 · 787 citations

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The Tip of the Red Giant Branch as a Distance Indicator for Resolved Galaxies

Myung Gyoon Lee, Wendy L. Freedman, Barry F. Madore · The Astrophysical Journal · 1993 · 703 citations

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Authors

759

  1. AS
    Allan Sandage

    Carnegie Observatories, United States

    10 publications · 343 citations

    10

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  2. MM
    M. Marconi

    Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Italy

    9 publications · 458 citations

    9

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  3. WL
    Wendy L. Freedman

    Carnegie Observatories, United States

    7 publications · 1.4K citations

    7

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  4. MH
    M. Hamuy

    University of Chile, Chile

    7 publications · 909 citations

    7

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  5. IM
    I. Musella

    Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Italy

    6 publications · 361 citations

    6

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Institutions

340

  1. European Southern Observatory

    Garching bei München, Germany

    15 h-index

    43 publications

    9.7K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

    Garching, Germany

    14 h-index

    30 publications

    3.2K citations

  3. Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova

    Padua, Italy

    13 h-index

    20 publications

    3K citations

  4. National Institute for Astrophysics

    Rome, Italy

    13 h-index

    21 publications

    777 citations

  5. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    13 h-index

    24 publications

    1.8K citations

  6. Carnegie Observatories

    Pasadena, United States

    12 h-index

    31 publications

    2.3K citations

  7. Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte

    Naples, Italy

    12 h-index

    36 publications

    1.8K citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    61 publications

    13.1K citations

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Venues

  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 61 publications · 6.6K citations

    36

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    39 publications · 2.5K citations

    26

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    34 publications · 2.8K citations

    26

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 20 publications · 1.4K citations

    16

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  5. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

    PASP · 11 publications · 677 citations

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