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Andromeda Distance Scale Revised

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Andromeda Distance Scale Revised

Baade, Walter · Rome · Astronomer

Shows that two classes of Cepheid variables had been confused, leading to a major upward revision of the distance scale for Andromeda and other galaxies.

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