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astro-ph.SR2011★ 2 cited
RR Lyrae the Stellar Beacons of the Galactic Structure
Giuseppe Bono, Massimo Dall'Ora, Filippina Caputo +5
We present some recent findings concerning the use of RR Lyrae as distance indicators and stellar tracers. We outline pros and cons of field and cluster RR Lyrae stars and discuss…
astro-ph.GA2011★ 50 cited
Distance to Galactic globulars using the near-infrared magnitudes of RR Lyrae stars: IV. The case of M5 (NGC5904)
G. Coppola, M. Dall'Ora, V. Ripepi +6
We present new and accurate near-infrared (NIR) J, K-band time series data for the Galactic globular cluster (GC) M5 = NGC5904. Data were collected with SOFI at the NTT (71 J + 120…