# Title: Clustering of Local Group distances: publication bias or
# correlated measurements? III. The Small Magellanic Cloud
# Authors: Richard de Grijs, Giuseppe Bono
# Journal: The Astronomical Journal, in prep.
# Table: smcdistbytracer.dat
#
# updated 07/02/2015
#
# 00/1990-01/2015: database complete;
# prior to 1990, references reflect citations in the literature
#
# Tracers included separately: Cepheids, RR Lyrae, TRGB and other
# giant-star tracers, Red clump, CMD fits / spectroscopic parallaxes,
# Eclipsing binaries, Novae, Spectral features, PNLF, Other, Average
# values
#
# Uncertainties
#MM YYYY (m-M)0 stat. syst. Reference; tracer
#
# Cepheids:
09 1940 17.35 0.1 0.35 # Shapley 1940, Proc. U.S. Nat. Acad. Sci., 26, 541
10 1968 19.15 0. # van den Bergh 1968, JRASC, 62, 219
00 1969 19.36 0. # Gascoigne 1969, MNRAS, 146, 1; μHya = 3.03 mag
08 1971 19.27 0. # Sandage & Tammann 1971, ApJ, 167, 293; μHya = 3.03 mag
02 1974 18.95 0.1 # Gascoigne 1974, MNRAS, 166, 25; μHya = 3.03 mag
01 1975 19.46 0. # van den Bergh 1975, in: Galaxies and the Universe. eds A. Sandage, M. Sandage, & J. Kristian, Stars and Stellar Systems, vol. 9, p. 509; μHya = 3.03 mag
04 1975 19.25 0. # Iben & Tuggle 1975, ApJ, 197, 39; theory
00 1977 19.54 0. # van den Bergh 1977, in: Proc. of IAU Colloq. 37, eds C. Balkowski & B. E. Westerlund, p. 13; PLC
00 1977 18.81 0.07 # van den Bergh 1977, in: Proc. of IAU Colloq. 37, eds C. Balkowski & B. E. Westerlund, p. 13; PLR
05 1977 18.95 0. # Eggen 1977, ApJS, 34, 1
04 1978 18.90 0. # Butler 1978, A&AS, 32, 83
11 1983 18.84 0.16 # Stothers 1983, ApJ, 274, 20; PLR
01 1985 19.11 0.07 # Visvanathan 1985, ApJ, 288, 182; 1.05 μm, μHya = 3.29 mag
01 1986 18.97 0.07 # Caldwell & Coulson 1986, MNRAS, 218, 223; BVI
02 1986 18.85 0.1 # Mathewson et al. 1986, ApJ, 301, 664
10 1986 19.05 0.06 # Laney & Stobie 1986, MNRAS, 222, 449; JHK PLC
00 1987 18.80 0.06 # Feast & Walker 1987, ARA&A, 25, 345; BVI PLC, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
00 1987 18.78 0.16 # Feast & Walker 1987, ARA&A, 25, 345; BVI PLC, direct quote
00 1987 18.82 0.04 # Feast & Walker 1987, ARA&A, 25, 345; JHK PLC, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
10 1987 18.93 0.05 # Welch et al. 1987, ApJ, 321, 162; JHK
00 1988 18.83 0.15 # Feast 1988, ASPC, 4, 9
03 1988 19.17 0. # Rowan-Robinson 1988, Space Sci. Rev., 48, 1; mean of literature values 1971-1986
06 1988 18.80 0.06 # Stothers 1988, ApJ, 329, 712; V PLR, theory
10 1988 18.82 0. # Mathewson 1988, ApJ, 333, 617
11 1989 18.83 0.04 # Visvanathan 1989, ApJ, 346, 629; VI PLRs
00 1991 18.80 0. # Caldwell & Laney 1991, IAUS, 148, 249; PLV
00 1991 18.92 0. # Caldwell & Laney 1991, IAUS, 148, 249; PLC
00 1991 18.88 0. # Caldwell & Laney 1991, IAUS, 148, 249; PLH
03 1993 18.91 0.20 # Barnes et al. 1993, ApJ, 405, L51; IRSB
01 1994 18.94 0.04 0.06 # Laney & Stobie 1994, MNRAS, 266, 441; BVJHK PLRs
05 1994 19.18 0.05 0.07 # di Benedetto 1994, A&A, 285, 819; VK
09 1994 18.92 0.04 # Sebo & Wood 1994, AJ, 108, 932; no overshooting, NGC 330
09 1994 18.72 0.04 # Sebo & Wood 1994, AJ, 108, 932; moderate overshooting, NGC 330
00 1995 19.00 0.04 # Laney & Stobie 1995, ASPC, 83, 254; VJHK
08 1995 18.94 0.04 # Stobie & Laney 1995, ApSS, 230, 41
10 1995 19.09 0.02 # di Benedetto 1995, ApJ, 452, 195; BVK
01 1997 18.84 0.10 # Böhm-Vitense 1997, AJ, 113, 13
09 1997 19.00 0.024 0.04 # di Benedetto 1997, ApJ, 486, 60; 32 Cepheids, BW
12 1997 18.99 0.07 # Beaulieu 1997, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris., 325, 749; incl. correction for metallicity, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
00 1998 18.86 0.08 # Storm et al. 1998, Mem. Soc. Astron. It., 69, 79
00 1999 18.96 0. # Walker 1999, in: Post-Hipparcos cosmic candles, eds A. Heck & F. Caputo. Kluwer Acad. Publ. (Astrophys. Space Sci. Libr., 237, p. 125; based on Laney & Stobie (1994), corrected for age/metallicity effects
00 1999 19.06 0.03 # Walker 1999, in: Post-Hipparcos cosmic candles, eds A. Heck & F. Caputo. Kluwer Acad. Publ. (Astrophys. Space Sci. Libr., 237, p. 125; BW, based on di Benedetto (1997) corrected for zpo offset
00 1999 19.00 0.04 # Walker 1999, in: Post-Hipparcos cosmic candles, eds A. Heck & F. Caputo. Kluwer Acad. Publ. (Astrophys. Space Sci. Libr., 237, p. 125; BW, based on Laney & Stobie (1995) corrected for zpo offset
00 1999 18.92 0.04 # Reid 1999, ARA&A, 37, 191; Laney & Stobie (1995); di Benedetto (1997), DMLMC = 18.50 mag
02 1999 18.98 0.28 # Bono et al. 1999, ApJ, 512, 711; FU Cepheids, PLV
02 1999 19.14 0.15 # Bono et al. 1999, ApJ, 512, 711; FU Cepheids, PLK
02 1999 19.19 0.17 # Bono et al. 1999, ApJ, 512, 711; FU Cepheids, PLC BV
02 1999 19.28 0.17 # Bono et al. 1999, ApJ, 512, 711; FU Cepheids, PLC VK
09 1999 18.96 0.03 # Sandage et al. 1999, ApJ, 522, 250; I
09 1999 18.94 0.03 # Sandage et al. 1999, ApJ, 522, 250; B
09 1999 18.93 0.03 # Sandage et al. 1999, ApJ, 522, 250; V
09 1999 18.73 0.06 # Udalski et al. 1999, AcA, 49, 201; DMLMC = 18.22 mag
11 1999 19.16 0.17 # Caputo et al. 1999, ApJ, 525, 784
00 2000 19.19 0.12 # Storm et al. 2000, ASPC, 203, 145
06 2000 18.997 0.024 # Ferrarese et al. 2000, ApJS, 128, 431; J, Madore & Freedman (1991) calibration
06 2000 19.013 0.022 # Ferrarese et al. 2000, ApJS, 128, 431; H, Madore & Freedman (1991) calibration
06 2000 18.989 0.022 # Ferrarese et al. 2000, ApJS, 128, 431; K, Madore & Freedman (1991) calibration
06 2000 18.99 0.05 # Ferrarese et al. 2000, ApJS, 128, 431; Cardelli et al. (1989) reddening law
08 2000 19.05 0.017 0.043 # Kovács 2000, A&A, 360, L1; double-mode Cepheids, OGLE
09 2000 19.01 0.05 # Udalski 2000, AcA, 50, 279; WI, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
11 2000 19.08 0.11 # Groenewegen 2000, A&A, 363, 901; Wesenheit
11 2000 19.04 0.17 # Groenewegen 2000, A&A, 363, 901; PLK
11 2000 19.01 0.03 # Groenewegen 2000, A&A, 363, 901; FU Cepheids, Udalski et al. (1999), DMLMC = 18.50 mag
11 2000 18.975 0.022 # Groenewegen 2000, A&A, 363, 901; Mean of 6 IR determinations, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
11 2000 19.004 0.015 # Groenewegen 2000, A&A, 363, 901; Mean of all 8 determinations, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
08 2001 19.11 0.08 # Bono et al. 2001, MNRAS, 325, 1353; 2nd overtone
08 2001 19.16 0.19 # Bono et al. 2001, MNRAS, 325, 1353; FO pulsators and FO components in FO/SO pulsators
07 2002 19.06 0.13 # Bono et al. 2002, ApJ, 574, L33; FO Cepheids, W
07 2002 18.98 0.21 # Bono et al. 2002, ApJ, 574, L33; FO Cepheids, I
07 2002 19.02 0.19 # Bono et al. 2002, ApJ, 574, L33; FO Cepheids, K
07 2002 19.02 0.14 # Bono et al. 2002, ApJ, 574, L33; empirical FO PLR, W
07 2002 18.91 0.17 # Bono et al. 2002, ApJ, 574, L33; empirical FO PLR, I
07 2002 18.97 0.35 # Bono et al. 2002, ApJ, 574, L33; empirical FO PLR, K
07 2002 19.04 0.09 # Bono et al. 2002, ApJ, 574, L33; weighted mean, I-band theoretical calibration
07 2002 18.98 0.10 # Bono et al. 2002, ApJ, 574, L33; weighted mean, I-band empirical calibration
07 2002 19.04 0.11 # Bono et al. 2002, ApJ, 574, L33; weighted mean, K-band theoretical calibration
07 2002 19.01 0.13 # Bono et al. 2002, ApJ, 574, L33; weighted mean, K-band empirical calibration
05 2003 18.99 0.03 # Pietrzyński et al. 2003, AJ, 125, 2494; K
01 2004 19.070 0.119 # Abrahamyan 2004, Ap, 47, 18
02 2004 18.88 0.14 # Storm et al. 2004, A&A, 415, 531; BBW (corrected for depth effects)
02 2004 19.00 0.12 0.04 # Storm et al. 2004, A&A, 415, 531; BBW (not corr. for depth effects)
05 2004 19.14 0.10 # Barnes et al. 2004, in: Proc. Variable Stars in the Local Group, IAU Colloq. 193, eds D.W. Kurtz & K.R. Pollard, ASP Conf. Proc., vol. 310, San Francisco: ASP, p. 95; 8 Cepheids, Bayesian approach (no metallicity correction)
06 2004 18.99 0.05 # Sakai et al. 2004, ApJ, 608, 42; Distance based on the Madore & Freedman (1991) calibration of the Cepheid PLR, using data in all available photometric bands
06 2004 18.99 0.05 # Sakai et al. 2004, ApJ, 608, 42; Distance based on the Udalski (1999) calibration of the Cepheid PLR, using data in all available photometric bands
09 2005 18.73 0.24 # McCumber et al. 2005, AJ, 130, 1083; Subset of Mathewson et al. (1986) sample
05 2006 18.93 0.06 # Keller & Wood 2006, ApJ, 642, 834; bump Cepheids, quoted error of 0.024 mag is error on the mean, not sigma of the population!
09 2008 19.06 0.20 # Bono et al. 2008, ApJ, 684, 102; FU Cepheids with P > 6 days, BV, metallicity corrected
09 2008 19.03 0.14 # Bono et al. 2008, ApJ, 684, 102; FU Cepheids with P > 6 days, VI
09 2008 19.04 0.14 # Bono et al. 2008, ApJ, 684, 102; FU Cepheids with P > 6 days, BI
09 2008 19.06 0.16 # Bono et al. 2008, ApJ, 684, 102; FU Cepheids with P > 6 days, BVI
11 2008 18.93 0.14 # Majaess et al. 2008, MNRAS, 390, 1539; VI
11 2008 19.02 0.22 # Majaess et al. 2008, MNRAS, 390, 1539; VJ
12 2009 18.85 0.11 # Majaess et al. 2009, AcA, 59, 403; 9 Type II Cepheids
05 2010 19.23 0.23 # Bono et al. 2010, ApJ, 715, 277; WBV
05 2010 18.95 0.12 # Bono et al. 2010, ApJ, 715, 277; WVI
05 2010 18.91 0.20 # Bono et al. 2010, ApJ, 715, 277; WJKs
06 2010 18.85 0.11 # Majaess 2010, JAVSO, 38, 100; Type II Cepheids
09 2010 18.85 0.07 0.07 # Ciechanowska et al. 2010, AcA, 60, 233; Type II Cepheids, JK
05 2011 18.90 0.07 # Matsunaga et al. 2011, MNRAS, 413, 223; Type II Cepheids, K (WV), DMLMC = 18.50 mag
05 2011 18.89 0.05 # Matsunaga et al. 2011, MNRAS, 413, 223; Type II Cepheids, I, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
05 2011 18.98 0.01 # Matsunaga et al. 2011, MNRAS, 413, 223; Class. Cepheids, IK, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
05 2011 18.93 0.05 # Matsunaga et al. 2011, MNRAS, 413, 223; Class. Cepheids, IK, metallicity corrections, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
08 2011 18.98 0.01 # Feast 2011, in: RR Lyrae Stars, Metal-Poor Stars, and the Galaxy, Carnegie Obs. Astrophys. Ser., Vol. 5. Ed. A. McWilliam, p. 170; VI
10 2011 18.92 0.14 # Storm et al. 2011, A&A, 534, A95; IRSB
10 2012 19.17 0.12 # Haschke et al. 2012, AJ, 144, 107; Area-averaged reddening
10 2012 19.00 0.10 # Haschke et al. 2012, AJ, 144, 107; Individual reddening
02 2013 18.93 0.02 0.10 # Inno et al. 2013, ApJ, 764, 84; FU Cepheids
02 2013 19.12 0.03 0.10 # Inno et al. 2013, ApJ, 764, 84; FO Cepheids
02 2013 18.73 0.06 # Groenewegen 2013, A&A, 550, A70; IRSB
02 2013 18.78 0.06 # Groenewegen 2013, A&A, 550, A70; Different extinction correction
02 2013 18.81 0.06 # Groenewegen 2013, A&A, 550, A70; Using the method of Storm et al. (2011) = unweighted mean
04 2013 19.03 0.06 # Inno et al. 2013, In: Proc. EWASS 2012 - Stellar Populations: 55 years after the Vatican conference, in press (arXiv:1304.2039); FU Cepheids, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
04 2013 19.03 0.07 # Inno et al. 2013, In: Proc. EWASS 2012 - Stellar Populations: 55 years after the Vatican conference, in press (arXiv:1304.2039); FO Cepheids, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
08 2013 18.938 0.077 # Majaess et al. 2013, ApJ, 772, 130; 3.6 μm
08 2013 18.921 0.075 # Majaess et al. 2013, ApJ, 772, 130; 4.5 μm
#
# RR Lyrae:
04 1953 18.22 0. # Thackeray & Wesselink 1953, Nature, 171, 693; NGC 121
00 1954 18.70 0. # Thackeray & Wesselink 1954, MNSSA, 13, 99; NGC 121
10 1968 19.1 0. # van den Bergh 1968, JRASC, 62, 219
06 1972 19.2 0. # Gascoigne 1972, QJRAS, 13, 274; literature average
00 1973 19.15 0. # Graham 1973, in: Variable Stars in Globular Clusters and in Related Systems, Proc. IAU Colloq. 21, eds J. D. Fernie. D. Reidel Publishers, p. 120
10 1975 19.0 0.1 # Graham 1975, PASP, 87, 641
00 1977 18.80 0. # van den Bergh 1977, in: Proc. of IAU Colloq. 37, eds C. Balkowski & B. E. Westerlund, p. 13
11 1983 18.80 0.16 # Stothers 1983, ApJ, 274, 20
08 1986 18.78 0.15 # Reid & Strugnell 1986, MNRAS, 221, 887
00 1988 18.82 0.07 # Feast 1988, ASPC, 4, 9; Lee et al. (1987) calibration
00 1988 18.86 0. # Feast 1988, ASPC, 4, 9; <MV(RR)> = 0.6 mag
03 1988 19.17 0. # Rowan-Robinson 1988, Space Sci. Rev., 48, 1; Mean of literature values 1975-1986
09 1988 18.86 0.07 # Walker & Mack 1988, AJ, 96, 872; <MV(RR)> = 0.6 mag, NGC 121
10 1988 18.93 0. # Walker 1988, PASP, 100, 1227; DMLMC = 18.50 mag
00 1991 18.6 0.2 # Carney 1991, ASPC, 14, 115; Data from Walker & Mack (1988)
10 1992 18.90 0.16 # Smith et al. 1992, AJ, 104, 1430; 22 RR Lyrae, NE arm of the SMC field near NGC 361
07 1994 18.42 0. # Nemec et al. 1994, AJ, 108, 222; NGC 121
07 1994 18.63 0. # Nemec et al. 1994, AJ, 108, 222; NGC 121, different calibration
07 1994 18.37 0. # Nemec et al. 1994, AJ, 108, 222; NGC 121 field
06 1995 18.69 0.07 # van den Bergh 1995, ApJ, 446, 39; Data from Walker & Mack (1988), new calibration, NGC 121
04 1998 18.66 0.16 # Uldalski 1998, AcA, 48, 113
00 1999 18.98 0.07 # Reid 1999, ARA&A, 37, 191; NGC 121 (Walter & Mack 1988) compared with the mean of the LMC cluster population, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
00 1999 19.02 0.05 # Reid 1999, ARA&A, 37, 191; Udalski (1998), DMLMC = 18.50 mag
09 1999 19.00 0.03 # Sandage et al. 1999, ApJ, 522, 250; Metallicity corrected
09 1999 18.73 0.09 # Udalski et al. 1999, AcA, 49, 201; DMLMC = 18.22 mag
09 2000 19.03 0.07 # Udalski 2000, AcA, 50, 279; V, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
08 2004 18.93 0.24 # Weldrake et al. 2004, AJ, 128, 736; 47 Tuc field
12 2009 18.97 0.03 0.12 # Szewczyk et al. 2009, AJ, 138, 1661
02 2010 18.86 0.01 # Deb & Singh 2010, MNRAS, 402, 691; RRab Lyrae, mean
02 2010 18.83 0.01 # Deb & Singh 2010, MNRAS, 402, 691; RRab Lyrae, intensity-weighted mean
02 2010 18.84 0.01 # Deb & Singh 2010, MNRAS, 402, 691; RRab Lyrae, phase-weighted mean
02 2010 18.92 0.04 # Deb & Singh 2010, MNRAS, 402, 691; RRc Lyrae, mean
02 2010 18.89 0.04 # Deb & Singh 2010, MNRAS, 402, 691; RRc Lyrae, intensity-weighted mean
02 2010 18.89 0.04 # Deb & Singh 2010, MNRAS, 402, 691; RRc Lyrae, phase-weighted mean
06 2010 18.91 0.08 # Majaess 2010, JAVSO, 38, 100
07 2010 18.90 0.03 # Kapakos et al. 2010, Proc. 9th Int'l Conf. Hellen. Astron. Soc., eds K. Tsinganos, D. Hatzidimitriou & T. Matsakos. San Francisco: ASP, p. 233
08 2011 18.90 0.18 # Kapakos et al. 2011, MNRAS, 415, 1366; RRab Lyrae
08 2011 18.97 0.14 # Kapakos et al. 2011, MNRAS, 415, 1366; RRc Lyrae
08 2011 18.863 0.04 # Feast 2011, in: RR Lyrae Stars, Metal-Poor Stars, and the Galaxy, Carnegie Obs. Astrophys. Ser., Vol. 5. Ed. A. McWilliam, p. 170; K, corrected for metallicity effects
10 2012 19.13 0.13 # Haschke et al. 2012, AJ, 144, 107; Area-averaged reddening
10 2012 18.94 0.11 # Haschke et al. 2012, AJ, 144, 107; Individual reddening
11 2012 19.13 0.19 # Kapakos & Hatzidimitriou 2012, MNRAS, 426, 2063; DMLMC = 18.52 mag
#
# TRGB and other giant-star tracers:
10 1968 19.0 0. # van den Bergh 1968, JRASC, 62, 219; Population II giants
06 1972 19.1 0. # Gascoigne 1972, QJRAS, 13, 274; Population II stars (giants, HB stars), literature average
08 1974 19.27 0. # Sandage & Tammann 1974, ApJ, 191, 603; Brightest stars
00 1977 18.81 0. # van den Bergh 1977, in: Proc. of IAU Colloq. 37, eds C. Balkowski & B. E. Westerlund, p. 13; GC giant stars
00 1988 18.80 0.06 # Feast 1988, ASPC, 4, 9; Mira variables, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
06 1991 19.33 0.31 # Arellano Ferro et al. 1991, A&A, 246, 341; FG supergiants
00 2000 18.86 0.1 # Cioni et al. 2000, Mem. Soc. Astron. It., 71, 651; TRGB
07 2000 18.99 0.03 0.08 # Cioni et al. 2000, A&A, 359, 601; TRGB
07 2000 18.91 0.04 # Cioni et al. 2000, A&A, 359, 601; TRGB, I, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
07 2000 19.06 0.04 # Cioni et al. 2000, A&A, 359, 601; TRGB, J, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
07 2000 19.14 0.08 # Cioni et al. 2000, A&A, 359, 601; TRGB, Ks, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
07 2000 18.96 0.05 # Cioni et al. 2000, A&A, 359, 601; TRGB, mbol, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
07 2000 19.02 0.04 # Cioni et al. 2000, A&A, 359, 601; TRGB, mean, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
09 2000 19.00 0.05 # Udalski 2000, AcA, 50, 279; TRGB, I, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
11 2001 19.0 0.4 # Dolphin et al. 2001, ApJ, 562, 303; TRGB, NGC 121
05 2003 19.00 0.04 # Pietrzyński et al. 2003, AJ, 125, 2494; TRGB
02 2004 18.94 0.02 # Kiss & Bedding 2004, MNRAS, 347, L83; Red variables (Miras, semiregular variables), DMLMC = 18.50 mag
09 2007 18.93 0. # Soszyński et al. 2007, AcA, 57, 201; Carbon stars (sequence C'), PLKs
09 2007 18.93 0. # Soszyński et al. 2007, AcA, 57, 201; Carbon stars (sequence C'), WJK
12 2010 18.91 0.02 # Tabur et al. 2010, MNRAS, 409, 777; RGB pulsators, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
#
# Red clump:
01 1998 18.56 0.03 0.06 # Udalski et al. 1998, AcA, 48, 1
04 1998 18.63 0.07 # Uldalski 1998, AcA, 48, 113
06 1998 18.82 0.07 0.13 # Cole 1998, ApJ, 500, L137; incl. age/metallicity corrections
09 1998 18.65 0.08 # Udalski 1999, AcA, 48, 383; clusters
04 1999 18.91 0.18 # Twarog et al. 1999, AJ, 117, 1816; incl. metallicity corr.; errors +0.18 -0.16 mag
09 1999 18.69 0.10 # Udalski et al. 1999, AcA, 49, 201; DMLMC = 18.22 mag
01 2000 18.77 0.08 # Popowski 2000, ApJ, 528, L9
09 2000 18.95 0.05 # Udalski 2000, AcA, 50, 279; I, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
05 2001 18.85 0.06 # Girardi & Salaris 2001, MNRAS, 323, 109
07 2001 18.71 0.06 # Crowl et al. 2001, AJ, 122, 220; 12 clusters, Schlegel et al. (1998) reddening
07 2001 18.82 0.05 # Crowl et al. 2001, AJ, 122, 220; 12 clusters, Burstein & Heiles (1982) reddening
07 2001 18.75 0.05 # Beaulieu et al. 2001, A&A, 373, 164; Based on Udalski et al. (1999)
03 2003 19.11 0.2 # Alcaino et al. 2003, A&A, 400, 917
05 2003 18.967 0.018 # Pietrzyński et al. 2003, AJ, 125, 2494; K
10 2008 18.87 0. # Glatt et al. 2008, AJ, 136, 1703; Ensemble of clusters
10 2008 19.06 0.03 # Glatt et al. 2008, AJ, 136, 1703; NGC 121
10 2008 18.78 0.04 # Glatt et al. 2008, AJ, 136, 1703; Lindsay 1
10 2008 18.91 0.05 # Glatt et al. 2008, AJ, 136, 1703; Kron 3
10 2008 18.80 0.08 # Glatt et al. 2008, AJ, 136, 1703; NGC 339
10 2008 18.90 0.07 # Glatt et al. 2008, AJ, 136, 1703; NGC 416
10 2008 19.12 0.05 # Glatt et al. 2008, AJ, 136, 1703; Lindsay 38
03 2009 18.9 0. # Cignoni et al. 2009, AJ, 137, 3668
09 2009 18.93 0.14 # Sabbi et al. 2009, ApJ, 703, 721
#
# CMD fits / spectroscopic parallaxes:
00 1963 19.1 0.2 # Tifft 1963, MNRAS, 125, 199; "old" stellar component
02 1982 19.1 0.25 # Crampton & Greasley 1982, PASP, 94, 31; based on difference w.r.t LMC CMD
05 1984 18.8 0. # Mould et al. 1984, ApJ, 280, 595; Lindsay 113
11 1984 18.8 0.1 # Rich et al. 1984, ApJ, 286, 517; Kron 3
11 1985 18.90 0.05 # Stryker et al. 1985, ApJ, 298, 544; <MV(RR)> = 0.6 mag, NGC 121
06 1986 18.8 0. # Da Costa & Mould 1986, ApJ, 305, 214; NGC 411, better fit than DM=19.3 mag
02 1987 18.8 0.2 # Seidel et al. 1987, ApJ, 313, 192; Intermediate-age clusters, better fit than DM=19.3 mag
03 1987 18.7 0. # Olszewski et al. 1987, AJ, 93, 565; Corrected by 0.3 mag for SMC tilt; Lindsay 1, good match of cluster age with carbon stars
05 1987 19.1 0.1 # Garmany et al. 1987, AJ, 93, 1070; spectroscopic parallax
05 1987 18.9 0. # Garmany et al. 1987, AJ, 93, 1070; ZAMS
08 1988 18.57 0. # Mateo 1988, ApJ, 331, 261; NGC 330
00 1989 18.8 0. # Melcher & Richtler 1989, in: Recent Developments of Magellanic Cloud Research, eds K.S. de Boer, F. Spite, G. Stasinska, p. 87; NGC 152
01 1995 19.09 0.06 0.2 # Massey et al. 1995, ApJ, 438, 188; spectroscopic parallaxes
01 1998 19.05 0.05 # Demers & Battinelli 1998, AJ, 115, 154; ICA 16 (SMC wing)
00 1999 19.00 0. # Da Costa 1999, IAUS, 190, 446; AM 3 cluster
11 2001 18.98 0.10 # Dolphin et al. 2001, ApJ, 562, 303; HB level, NGC 121
11 2001 18.96 0.04 # Dolphin et al. 2001, ApJ, 562, 303; NGC 121
11 2001 18.88 0.08 # Dolphin et al. 2001, ApJ, 562, 303; SMC field
09 2005 18.8 0. # McCumber et al. 2005, AJ, 130, 1083; CMD fit to a newly discovered open cluster in their field
07 2007 18.85 0.1 # Rochau et al. 2007, ApJ, 664, 322; BS 90 cluster
04 2008 18.96 0.02 # Glatt et al. 2008, AJ, 135, 1106; NGC 121
10 2008 18.50 0.12 # Glatt et al. 2008, AJ, 136, 1703; NGC 419
12 2008 18.95 0.05 # Bica et al. 2008, MNRAS, 391, 915; BS 196 cluster
03 2009 18.7 0. # Cignoni et al. 2009, AJ, 137, 3668; NGC 602-A (young cluster)
03 2009 18.99 0.10 # Dias et al. 2008, IAUS, 256, P-1; Lindsay 2
08 2012 18.80 0.03 # Cignoni et al. 2012, ApJ, 754, 130; field SFH1
08 2012 18.83 0.03 # Cignoni et al. 2012, ApJ, 754, 130; for field SFH4
02 2013 19.1 0.1 # Kalirai et al. 2013, ApJ, 763, 110; (w.r.t. 47 Tuc)
01 2014 18.99 0.16 # Dias et al. 2014, A&A, 561, A106; cluster AM 3
01 2014 18.68 0.14 # Dias et al. 2014, A&A, 561, A106; Lindsay 2
01 2014 18.84 0.16 # Dias et al. 2014, A&A, 561, A106; cluster HW 1
01 2014 18.64 0.14 # Dias et al. 2014, A&A, 561, A106; Lindsay 3
01 2014 19.08 0.14 # Dias et al. 2014, A&A, 561, A106; cluster HW 40
01 2015 18.97 0.01 # Rubele et al. 2015, MNRAS, in press (arXiv:1501.05347); CMD fits, DM to kinematic centre
01 2015 18.91 0.02 # Rubele et al. 2015, MNRAS, in press (arXiv:1501.05347); CMD fits, DM to stellar density centre
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# Eclipsing binaries:
05 1991 18.64 0.27 # Bell et al. 1991, MNRAS, 250, 119; 1 EB
06 1998 18.6 0.5 # Pritchard et al. 1998, MNRAS, 297, 278; 1 EB
12 2001 19.19 0.15 # Ostrov 2001, A&A, 380, 258; 1 EB, lower boundary
12 2001 19.52 0.15 # Ostrov 2001, A&A, 380, 258; 1 EB, upper boundary
02 2003 18.89 0.04 0.10 # Harries et al. 2003, MNRAS, 339, 157; 10 EBs
02 2005 18.912 0.035 0.1 # Hilditch et al. 2005, MNRAS, 357, 304; 40 EBs of types O and B
00 2007 18.91 0.03 # Hilditch et al. 2007, in: Proc. Massive Stars in Interactive Binaries, ASP Conf. Ser., 367, eds N. St.-Louis & A.F.J. Moffat. San Francisco: ASP, p. 85; 50 EBs
05 2007 19.01 0.36 # Gauderon et al. 2007, in: Proc. Solar and Stellar Physics Through Eclipses ASP Conf. Ser., Vol. 370, eds O. Demircan, S. O. Selam & B. Albayrak. San Francisco: ASP, p. 188; 32 EBs
03 2009 19.05 0.04 # North et al. 2009, IAUS, 256, 57; 26 EBs
09 2010 19.11 0.03 # North et al. 2010, A&A, 520, A74
12 2010 18.87 0.07 # Drechsel & Neßlinger 2010, in: Proc. Binaries - Key to Comprehension of the Universe. Eds A. Prša & M. Zejda. San Francisco: ASP, p. 381; EB: OGLE 9-175323, primary
12 2010 18.89 0.04 # Drechsel & Neßlinger 2010, in: Proc. Binaries - Key to Comprehension of the Universe. Eds A. Prša & M. Zejda. San Francisco: ASP, p. 381; EB: OGLE 9-175323, secondary
12 2010 18.88 0.04 # Drechsel & Neßlinger 2010, in: Proc. Binaries - Key to Comprehension of the Universe. Eds A. Prša & M. Zejda. San Francisco: ASP, p. 381; EB: OGLE 9-175323, both
12 2010 18.89 0.05 # Drechsel & Neßlinger 2010, in: Proc. Binaries - Key to Comprehension of the Universe. Eds A. Prša & M. Zejda. San Francisco: ASP, p. 381; EB: OGLE 11-30116, primary
12 2010 18.87 0.07 # Drechsel & Neßlinger 2010, in: Proc. Binaries - Key to Comprehension of the Universe. Eds A. Prša & M. Zejda. San Francisco: ASP, p. 381; EB: OGLE 11-30116, secondary
12 2010 18.88 0.04 # Drechsel & Neßlinger 2010, in: Proc. Binaries - Key to Comprehension of the Universe. Eds A. Prša & M. Zejda. San Francisco: ASP, p. 381; EB: OGLE 11-30116, both
12 2010 19.13 0.03 # Drechsel & Neßlinger 2010, in: Proc. Binaries - Key to Comprehension of the Universe. Eds A. Prša & M. Zejda. San Francisco: ASP, p. 381; EB: OGLE 7-143913, primary
12 2010 19.08 0.03 # Drechsel & Neßlinger 2010, in: Proc. Binaries - Key to Comprehension of the Universe. Eds A. Prša & M. Zejda. San Francisco: ASP, p. 381; EB: OGLE 7-143913, secondary
12 2010 19.11 0.02 # Drechsel & Neßlinger 2010, in: Proc. Binaries - Key to Comprehension of the Universe. Eds A. Prša & M. Zejda. San Francisco: ASP, p. 381; EB: OGLE 7-143913, both
12 2010 18.66 0.02 # Drechsel & Neßlinger 2010, in: Proc. Binaries - Key to Comprehension of the Universe. Eds A. Prša & M. Zejda. San Francisco: ASP, p. 381; EB: OGLE 6-215965, primary
12 2010 18.67 0.07 # Drechsel & Neßlinger 2010, in: Proc. Binaries - Key to Comprehension of the Universe. Eds A. Prša & M. Zejda. San Francisco: ASP, p. 381; EB: OGLE 6-215965, secondary
12 2010 18.67 0.04 # Drechsel & Neßlinger 2010, in: Proc. Binaries - Key to Comprehension of the Universe. Eds A. Prša & M. Zejda. San Francisco: ASP, p. 381; EB: OGLE 6-215965, both
12 2010 18.79 0.03 # Drechsel & Neßlinger 2010, in: Proc. Binaries - Key to Comprehension of the Universe. Eds A. Prša & M. Zejda. San Francisco: ASP, p. 381; EB: OGLE 5-38089, primary
12 2010 18.81 0.03 # Drechsel & Neßlinger 2010, in: Proc. Binaries - Key to Comprehension of the Universe. Eds A. Prša & M. Zejda. San Francisco: ASP, p. 381; EB: OGLE 5-38089, secondary
12 2010 18.80 0.02 # Drechsel & Neßlinger 2010, in: Proc. Binaries - Key to Comprehension of the Universe. Eds A. Prša & M. Zejda. San Francisco: ASP, p. 381; EB: OGLE 5-38089, both
05 2012 18.83 0.02 0.05 # Graczyk et al. 2012, ApJ, 750, 144; 1 EB
02 2013 19.02 0.04 0.05 # Graczyk et al. 2013, IAUS, 289, 222; 1 EB
02 2013 18.95 0.07 # Pietrzyński et al. 2013, EAS Publ. Ser., 64, 305; Quoting Graczyk et al. (2012, 2013)
01 2014 18.965 0.025 0.048 # Graczyk et al. 2014, ApJ, 780, 59; 5 EBs
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# Novae:
10 1968 19.45 0. # van den Bergh 1968, JRASC, 62, 219
01 1975 19.36 0. # van den Bergh 1975, in: Galaxies and the Universe. eds A. Sandage, M. Sandage, & J. Kristian, Stars and Stellar Systems, vol. 9, p. 509
00 1977 19.27 0. # van den Bergh 1977, in: Proc. of IAU Colloq. 37, eds C. Balkowski & B. E. Westerlund, p. 13
03 1988 19.17 0. # Rowan-Robinson 1988, Space Sci. Rev., 48, 1; Mean of van den Bergh 1977 and de Vaucouleurs 1978
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# Spectral features:
00 1966 18.3 0.4 # Hutchings 1966, MNRAS, 132, 433; spectral classification
10 1968 18.55 0. # van den Bergh 1968, JRASC, 62, 219; Hβ + Hγ
04 1973 18.8 0.6 # Osmer 1973, ApJ, 181, 327; Hβ observations, errors -0.4 +0.8 mag
00 1977 18.35 0. # van den Bergh 1977, in: Proc. of IAU Colloq. 37, eds C. Balkowski & B. E. Westerlund, p. 13; Hα + Hγ lines
00 1977 18.98 0. # van den Bergh 1977, in: Proc. of IAU Colloq. 37, eds C. Balkowski & B. E. Westerlund, p. 13; colour index C vs Hα
02 1982 19.1 0.3 # Crampton & Greasley 1982, PASP, 94, 31; spectral types of OB stars
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# PNLF:
12 1990 19.09 0.32 # Jacoby et al. 1990, ApJ, 365, 471; Errors +0.25 -0.32 mag
10 1992 18.79 0. # van den Bergh 1992, PASP, 104, 861; Based on Jacoby et al. (1990) data, new calibration, metallicity correction
00 1999 19.15 0.29 # Walker 1999, in: Post-Hipparcos cosmic candles, eds A. Heck & F. Caputo. Kluwer Acad. Publ. (Astrophys. Space Sci. Libr., 237, p. 125; Jacoby et al. (1990) DM adjusted for the Freedman & Madore (1990) M31 DM, 8 PNe
07 2008 19.34 0.09 # Méndez et al. 2008, ApJ, 681, 325
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# Other
11 1913 14.8 0. # Hertzsprung 1913, AN, 196, 201; parallax = 0.0001 arcsec = 30,000 ly (but paper says 3000 ly!)
10 1968 19.3 0. # van den Bergh 1968, JRASC, 62, 219; W Virginis stars
10 1968 18.7 0. # van den Bergh 1968, JRASC, 62, 219; N stars
01 1982 18.27 0.25 # Howarth 1982, MNRAS, 198, 289; X-ray binary system Sk 160/SMC X-1 (outside the main body of the SMC) based on stellar model and colours
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# Average values:
10 1968 19.1 0.3 # van den Bergh 1968, JRASC, 62, 219
00 1969 19.2 0. # Gascoigne 1969, MNRAS, 146, 1
08 1978 18.62 0.15 # de Vaucouleurs 1978, ApJ, 223, 730
10 1980 18.85 0.12 # McNamara & Feltz 1980, PASP, 92, 587; Based on apparent DM of de Vaucouleurs (1978, 1980) and an updated extinction estimate
11 1983 18.82 0.11 # Stothers 1983, ApJ, 274, 20; Meand of Cepheids, RR Lyrae
00 1987 18.85 0.15 # Tammann 1987, IAUS, 124, 151
03 1988 19.17 0. # Rowan-Robinson 1988, Space Sci. Rev., 48, 1; Weighted mean
07 1989 18.80 0.1 # van den Bergh 1989, A&ARv, 1, 111; Weighted mean
00 1990 18.9 0. # Westerlund 1990, A&ARv, 2, 29; Weighted mean
10 1992 18.80 0.15 # van den Bergh 1992, PASP, 104, 861
01 1997 18.94 0.05 # Westerlund 1997, The Magellanic Clouds, Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press; Unweighted mean
12 1997 18.97 0.02 # Kochanek 1997, ApJ, 491, 13; Weighted mean from Westerlund (1990), different extinction values, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
12 1997 19.03 0.02 # Kochanek 1997, ApJ, 491, 13; Weighted mean from Westerlund (1990), different extinction values, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
12 1997 18.98 0.02 # Kochanek 1997, ApJ, 491, 13; Weighted mean from Westerlund (1990), different extinction values, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
12 1997 18.83 0.05 # Kochanek 1997, ApJ, 491, 13; Weighted mean from Westerlund (1990), different extinction values, DMLMC = 18.50 mag
00 1999 18.85 0.1 # van den Bergh 1999, A&ARv, 9, 273
05 2000 18.85 0.10 # van den Bergh 2000, The galaxies of the Local Group, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Astrophys. Ser., vol. 35, p. 143
09 2000 19.00 0.03 # Udalski 2000, AcA, 50, 279; DMLMC = 18.50 mag
07 2001 19.00 0.02 # Beaulieu et al. 2001, A&A, 373, 164; Based on Udalski et al. (1999), DMLMC = 18.50 mag
05 2008 18.93 0.02 # Tammann et al. 2008, ApJ, 679, 52; Mean of 5 independent methods (their Table 7)
11 2012 18.91 0.11 # Kapakos & Hatzidimitriou 2012, MNRAS, 426, 2063
08 2013 18.930 0.011 # Majaess et al. 2013, ApJ, 772, 130; NED-D data