Observations of Field and Cluster RR Lyrae with Spitzer. Towards High Precision Distances with Population II Stellar Tracers
arXiv:1703.07390 · doi:10.1051/epjconf/201715207004
Abstract
We present our project to calibrate the RR Lyrae period-luminosity-metallicity relation using a sample of Galactic calibrators in the halo and globular clusters.
Proceedings for the 22nd Los Alamos Stellar Pulsation Conference Series Meeting "Wide Field Variability Surveys: a 21st-Century Perspective", held in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, Nov. 28 - Dec. 2, 2016. Updated references and acknowledgement
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