"PHOTOELECTRIC PHOTOMETRY OF CEPHEIDS" BY MITCHELL ET AL. (1964): AN OVERVIEW OF ITS ASTROPHYSICAL RELEVANCE

The paper by R. I. Mitchell, B. Iriarte, D. Steinmetz and H. L. Johnson, 1964, BOTT, 3, 24, 153 is among the most cited papers published in the BOTT. In this review it is highlighted how this work has impacted subsequent work on Cepheid stars and other fields of galactic astronomy. An overview of th...

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Autor: A. Arellano Ferro
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2011
País:México
Recursos:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositório:Redalyc-UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:57120832012
Acesso em linha:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57120832012
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
Stars
Cepheids
variables
techniques
photometric
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Resumo:The paper by R. I. Mitchell, B. Iriarte, D. Steinmetz and H. L. Johnson, 1964, BOTT, 3, 24, 153 is among the most cited papers published in the BOTT. In this review it is highlighted how this work has impacted subsequent work on Cepheid stars and other fields of galactic astronomy. An overview of the relevance of Cepheid colors in the determination of physical quantities of astrophysical interest is given.