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The Current Status of Primary Distance Indicators
Michael Feast
A review is given of the current status of the primary distance indicators. The relevance of these indicators for determining the local expansion rate and the age of globular clust…
SALT and RR Lyrae variables: Our Galaxy, The Magellanic Clouds and the Local Group
Michael Feast
A review is given of the possibilities for the study of the kinematics and metallicities of the old populations in galaxies of the Local Group using SALT/PFIS observations of RR Ly…
AGB Variables as Distance Indicators
Michael Feast
Evidence for the existence of Mira Period-Luminosity relations is reviewed including recent work on Miras with thick circumstellar shells. The calibration of the relation at K is d…
Miras and Other Cool Variables with GAIA
Michael Feast
A general review is given of Mira and other cool variable stars, concentrating on those aspects on which GAIA, and more particularly GAIA spectroscopy and radial velocities, will h…
Cepheids as Distance Indicators: Some Current Problems
Michael Feast
A general review is given of the calibration of the Cepheid distance scale, with particular reference to its use in the determination of H0. Emphasis is placed on the advantage of…
Some Common Problems and Challenges that Emission-Line Stars Present
Michael Feast
Four examples are given of problems that arise in the study of emission-line stars, each of which deserves further quantitative study. (1) Archival slit spectra of ηCar show that e…