Anchors for the cosmic distance scale: the Cepheid QZ Normae in the open cluster NGC 6067
@article{Majaess2013AnchorsFT, title={Anchors for the cosmic distance scale: the Cepheid QZ Normae in the open cluster NGC 6067}, author={D. Majaess and Laura K. Sturch and Christian Moni Bidin and Mario Soto and W. P. Gieren and Roger E. Cohen and Francesco Mauro and Douglas Geisler and Charles Bonatto and J. Borissova and Dante Minniti and David Gerald Turner and David J. Lane and B. F. Madore and Giovanni Carraro and Leonid N. Berdnikov}, journal={Astrophysics and Space Science}, year={2013}, volume={347}, pages={61-70} }
Cepheids are key to establishing the cosmic distance scale. Therefore it’s important to assess the viability of QZ Nor, V340 Nor, and GU Nor as calibrators for Leavitt’s law via their purported membership in the open cluster NGC 6067. The following suite of evidence confirms that QZ Nor and V340 Nor are members of NGC 6067, whereas GU Nor likely lies in the foreground: (i) existing radial velocities for QZ Nor and V340 Nor agree with that established for the cluster ($-39.4\pm0.2(\sigma_{\bar…
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