# The Parallax of ω Centauri Measured from Gaia EDR3 and a Direct, Geometric Calibration of the Tip of the Red Giant Branch and the Hubble Constant

@article{Soltis2020ThePO,
title={The Parallax of $\omega$ Centauri Measured from Gaia EDR3 and a Direct, Geometric Calibration of the Tip of the Red Giant Branch and the Hubble Constant},
author={John Soltis and Stefano Casertano and Adam G. Riess},
journal={The Astrophysical Journal Letters},
year={2020},
volume={908}
}
• Published 16 December 2020
• Physics
• The Astrophysical Journal Letters
We use data from the ESA Gaia mission Early Data Release 3 (EDR3) to measure the trigonometric parallax of ω Cen, the first high-precision parallax measurement for the most massive globular cluster in the Milky Way. We use a combination of positional and high-quality proper motion data from EDR3 to identify over 100,000 cluster members, of which 67,000 are in the magnitude and color range where EDR3 parallaxes are best calibrated. We find the estimated parallax to be robust, demonstrating good…

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