Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific · 1996 · 130 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesAstronomyPhysicsAstrophysicsCosmologyExtragalactic AstronomyCosmological ParametersExtragalactic Distance ScaleGlobular ClustersCluster CosmologyCosmic Distance ScaleDistance Measures In CosmologyDistance-redshift RelationGalaxy Cluster DistancesRadial Velocity VariationsRedshift-distance RelationSupernova Cosmology
Cepheid variables are used to derive a Virgo cluster distance of 16.0 1.5 Mpc. In conjunction with the Coma velocity and the well-established Coma/Virgo distance ratio, this yields a Hubble parameter H = 81 8 km s o -1