The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XV. A Cepheid Distance to the Forn.pdfVIP

a r X i v : a s t r o - p h / 9 8 1 2 1 5 7 v 2 1 0 D e c 1 9 9 8 THE HST KEY PROJECT ON THE EXTRAGALACTIC DISTANCE SCALE. XV. A CEPHEID DISTANCE TO THE FORNAX CLUSTER AND ITS IMPLICATIONS BARRY F. MADORE1, WENDY L. FREEDMAN2, N. SILBERMANN3 PAUL HARDING4, JOHN HUCHRA5, JEREMY R. MOULD6 JOHN A. GRAHAM7, LAURA FERRARESE8 BRAD K. GIBSON6,13, MINGSHENG HAN9, JOHN G. HOESSEL9 SHAUN M. HUGHES10, GARTH D. ILLINGWORTH11, DAN KELSON7 RANDY PHELPS2, SHOKO SAKAI3, PETER STETSON12 ——————————– 1 NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database, Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Cali