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astro-ph2005
Completing the Census of (Bright) Variable Stars in Galactic Globular Clusters
M. Catelan, H. A. Smith, B. J. Pritzl +15
We present a long-term project aimed at completing the census of (bright) variable stars in Galactic globular clusters. While our main aim is to obtain a reliable assessment of the…
astro-ph1998
Stellar Absolute Magnitudes via the Statistical Parallax Method
Andrew C. Layden
I review statistical parallax absolute magnitude determinations which employ data from the HIPPARCOS satellite for RR Lyrae and Cepheid variables, and for several other stellar cla…
astro-ph1997
Horizontal Branch Stars in the Galactic Stellar Halo
Andrew C. Layden
I review the properties of the Galaxy's stellar halo, specifically as traced by horizontal branch stars, but with reference to and in comparison with other stellar tracers. I discu…