G Pietrzyński1,2, D Graczyk3,4,5, A Gallenne6,7

  • 1Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre, Warsaw, Poland. pietrzyn@camk.edu.pl.

Nature
|March 15, 2019
PubMed
概括

天文学家准确地测量了大麦哲伦星云的距离, 这种改进的校准改进了宇宙距离尺度,并有助于确定哈勃常数.

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