SCYON Abstract

Received on January 20 2010

Type II Cepheids as Extragalactic Distance Candles

Authors	Daniel J. Majaess, David G. Turner, and David J. Lane
Affiliation	Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Abbey Ridge Observatory, Stillwater Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada.
To appear in	Acta A.
Contact	dmajaess@ap.smu.ca
URL	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009AcA....59..403M
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Abstract

Extragalactic type II Cepheids are tentatively identified in photometric surveys of IC 1613, M33, M101, M106, M31, NGC 4603, and the SMC. Preliminary results suggest that type II Cepheids may play an important role as standard candles, in constraining the effects of metallicity on Cepheid parameters, and in mapping extinction.