The Araucaria Project: The Distance to the Small Magellanic Cloud from Near Infrared Photometry of Type II Cepheids

• Autorzy: Ciechanowska, A. , Pietrzyński, G. , Szewczyk, O. , Gieren, W. , Soszyński, I.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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We have obtained deep near infrared J- and K-band observations of 14 BL Her and 5 W Vir SMC stars from the OGLE-III survey with the ESO New Technology Telescope equipped with the SOFI infrared camera. From these observations, period-luminosity (P-L) relations in the J and Ks 2MASS bands were derived. The slopes of the K- and J-band relations of -2.15±0.19 and -1.95±0.24, respectively, agree very well with the corresponding slopes derived previously for population II Cepheids in globular clusters, Galactic bulge and in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The distance modulus to the SMC obtained from our data using P-L relation derived for globular cluster Cepheids equals to 18.85±0.07 (statistical) ± 0.07 mag (systematic without including potential metallicity effect), which within the uncertainties agrees well with the results obtained with other methods.

Słowa kluczowe

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stars: variables: Cepheids; stars: Population II; Magellanic Clouds; Galaxies: distances; Galaxies: redshifts; Galaxies: stellar content

• Czasopismo: Acta Astronomica
• Rocznik: 2010
• Tom: Vol. 60, No. 3
• Strony: 233--243
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 22 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

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Ciechanowska, A.

• Warsaw University Observatory, Al. Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland ,

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Pietrzyński, G.

• Warsaw University Observatory, Al. Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland ,
• Universidad de Concepción, Departamento de Astronomia, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile

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Szewczyk, O.

• Universidad de Concepción, Departamento de Astronomia, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile

autor

Gieren, W.

• Universidad de Concepción, Departamento de Astronomia, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile,

autor

Soszyński, I.

• Warsaw University Observatory, Al. Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland ,

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