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PX144 Introduction to Astronomy
Cosmology: Distances
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Distance Ladder
Introduction
Direct Methods
Trigonometric Parallax
Indirect Methods
Standard Candles, Main Sequence Fitting
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Introduction, RR Lyrae, Cepheids
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Summary: Distance Ladder
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