# Title: Clustering of Local Group distances: publication bias or
# correlated measurements? I. The Large Magellanic Cloud
# Authors: Richard de Grijs, James E. Wicker, Giuseppe Bono
# Journal: The AstronomicalJournal, 147, 122 (2014)
# Table: lmcdistbytracer.dat
#
# updated 20/01/2014 (transcription error corrected 13/09/2017)
#
# Tracers covered separately: Cepheids; RR Lyrae; LPVs (RGB/AGB),
# supergiants; red clump; HB stars; TRGB; Main-sequence/CMD-feature
# fitting; eclipsing binaries; SN 1987A; PNLF; multiple calibrations;
# novae
#
# MM YYYY (m-M)_0 Uncertainties References; notes
# Stat. Syst.
# Cepheids:
11 1992 18.08 0.14 # Kurochkin 1992, Sov. Astron. Lett., 18, 405
08 1993 18.65 0.10 # Gieren & Fouqué 1993, AJ, 106, 734
01 1994 18.49 0.04 0.04 # Laney & Stobie 1994, MNRAS, 266, 441
05 1994 18.68 0.07 # di Benedetto 1994, A&A, 285, 819; optical
05 1994 18.69 0.08 # di Benedetto 1994, A&A, 285, 819; optical/infrared
10 1994 18.47 0.20 # Gieren et al. 1994, ApJ, 433, L73; NGC 1866
00 1995 18.57 0.10 # Feast 1995, in ASP Conf. Ser., Astrophysical applications of stellar pulsation, eds. R.S. Stobie & P.A. Whitelock, vol. 83, p. 209
08 1995 18.60 0.06 # Sebo & Wood 1995, ApJ, 449, 164; NGC 1850, assuming true LMC DM = 18.50 mag
10 1995 18.64 0.02 # di Benedetto 1995, ApJ, 452, 195
01 1997 18.42 0.11 # Bohm-Vitense 1997, AJ, 113, 13
03 1997 18.70 0.10 # Feast & Catchpole 1997, MNRAS, 286, L1
08 1997 18.72 0.05 # Paturel et al. 1997, Proc. ESA Symp. Hipparcos-Venice 1997 (ESA SP-402) (Noordwijk: ESA), 629
08 1997 18.41 0.08 0.04 # Krockenberger 1997, PhD Thesis, Harvard Univ., USA
09 1997 18.58 0.024 0.04 # Di Benedetto 1997, ApJ, 486, 60
00 1998 18.51 0.05 # Wood 1998, Mem. Soc. Astron. It., 69, 99
01 1998 18.44 0.35 # Madore & Freedman 1998, ApJ, 492, 110; BV
01 1998 18.50 0.13 # Madore & Freedman 1998, ApJ, 492, 110; BVJK
01 1998 18.53 0.14 # Madore & Freedman 1998, ApJ, 492, 110; BVIJK
01 1998 18.57 0.11 # Madore & Freedman 1998, ApJ, 492, 110; BVIJHK
01 1998 18.57 0.11 # Madore & Freedman 1998, ApJ, 492, 110; VJHK
03 1998 18.46 0.06 # Gieren et al. 1998, ApJ, 496, 17; incl. syst. errors
03 1998 18.56 0.08 # Oudmaijer et al. 1998, MNRAS, 294, L41
07 1998 18.32 0.17 # Luri et al. 1998, A&A, 335, L81
07 1998 18.29 0.17 # Luri et al. 1998, A&A, 335, L81
07 1998 18.21 0.20 # Luri et al. 1998, A&A, 335, L81
07 1999 18.70 0.12 # Feast 1999, PASP, 111, 775
07 1999 18.74 0.13 # Feast 1999, PASP, 111, 775
04 2000 18.42 0.10 # Gieren et al. 2000, ApJ, 533, L107; IRSB, single Cepheid in NGC 1866 cluster (incl. syst. errors)
04 2000 18.70 0.16 # Carretta et al. 2000, ApJ, 533, 215
04 2000 18.60 0.11 # Groenewegen & Oudmaijer 2000, A&A, 356, 849; Wesenheit index
04 2000 18.60 0.11 0.14 # Groenewegen & Oudmaijer 2000, A&A, 356, 849; VI PLR
04 2000 18.52 0.18 0.08 # Groenewegen & Oudmaijer 2000, A&A, 356, 849; K PLR
06 2001 18.31 0.11 0.17 # Newman et al. 2001, ApJ, 553, 562
02 2002 18.53 0.05 # Bono et al. 2002, ApJ, 565, L83
02 2002 18.36 0.03 # Paturel et al. 2002, A&A, 383, 398
07 2002 18.53 0.08 # Bono et al. 2002, ApJ, 574, L33; theory
07 2002 18.48 0.13 # Bono et al. 2002, ApJ, 574, L33; empirical
07 2002 18.28 0.16 # Bono et al. 2002, ApJ, 574, L33; PL(I)
07 2002 18.45 0.35 # Bono et al. 2002, ApJ, 574, L33; PL(K)
07 2002 18.48 0.14 # Bono et al. 2002, ApJ, 574, L33; Wesenheit
07 2002 18.37 0.01 0.10 # Paturel et al. 2002, A&A, 389, 19
08 2002 18.59 0.04 # Di Benedetto 2002, AJ, 124, 1213
09 2002 18.50 0.13 # Benedict et al. 2002, AJ, 124, 1695
09 2002 18.58 0.15 # Benedict et al. 2002, AJ, 124, 1695; different metallicity correction
10 2002 18.55 0.02 0.06 # Keller & Wood 2002, ApJ, 578, 144
01 2003 18.55 0.06 0.14 # Fouqué et al. 2003, LNP, 635, 21
10 2003 18.51 0.10 # Hoyle et al. 2003, MNRAS, 345, 269
11 2003 18.60 0.10 # Groenewegen & Salaris 2003, A&A, 410, 887; NGC 1866
01 2004 18.57 0.13 # Nikolaev et al. 2004, ApJ, 601, 260
01 2004 18.569 0.117 # Abrahamyan 2004, Ap. (Astrofiz.), 47, 18
02 2004 18.48 0.07 # Storm et al. 2004, A&A, 415, 531
11 2004 18.50 0.05 0.02 # Persson et al. 2004, AJ, 128, 2239
05 2005 18.44 0.10 0.13 # Moskalik & Dziembowski 2005, A&A, 434, 1077
07 2005 18.56 0.04 0.10 # Gieren et al. 2005, ApJ, 627, 224
10 2005 18.30 0.05 0.11 # Storm et al. 2006, MmSAIt, 77, 261; NGC 1866
10 2005 18.50 0.05 0.11 # Storm et al. 2006, MmSAIt, 77, 261; NGC 1866, different p-factor dependence
05 2006 18.54 0.06 # Keller & Wood 2006, ApJ, 642, 834; Cepheids - quoted error of 0.018 mag is error on the mean, not sigma of the population!
12 2006 18.41 0.10 0.13 # Macri et al. 2006, ApJ, 652, 1133
02 2007 18.52 0.14 # Testa et al. 2007, A&A, 462, 599
04 2007 18.40 0.05 # Benedict et al. 2007, AJ, 133, 1810
06 2007 18.48 0.02 0.17 # McNamara et al. 2007, AJ, 133, 2752; δ Scuti
06 2007 18.49 0.06 # McNamara et al. 2007, AJ, 133, 2752; δ Scuti
06 2007 18.53 0.02 # McNamara et al. 2007, AJ, 133, 2752; δ Scuti
08 2007 18.39 0.05 # van Leeuwen et al. 2007, MNRAS, 379, 723
12 2007 18.34 0.06 0.16 # An et al. 2007, ApJ, 671, 1640; BVIJHK
06 2008 18.48 0.03 # Ngeow & Kanbur 2008, in Galaxies in the Local Volume, Astrophys. Space Sci. Proc., p. 317
06 2008 18.49 0.04 # Ngeow & Kanbur 2008, in Galaxies in the Local Volume, Astrophys. Space Sci. Proc., p. 317; Reticulum
09 2008 18.559 0.003 0.026 # Di Benedetto 2008, MNRAS, 390, 1762
08 2009 18.46 0.10 # Matsunaga et al. 2009, AIP Conf. Proc., 1170, 96
06 2011 18.43 0.03 0.17 # Majaess et al. 2011, JAVSO, 39, 122; different variables, mostly Cepheids
10 2011 18.45 0.04 # Storm et al. 2011, A&A, 534, A95
03 2012 18.531 0.043 # Ngeow 2012, ApJ, 747, 50
03 2012 18.51 0.03 # Molinaro et al. 2012, ApJ, 748, 69; BW calibration (NGC 1866)
03 2012 18.45 0.04 # Storm et al. 2012, ESO Msngr, 147, 14
08 2012 18.46 0.03 # Ripepi et al. 2012, MNRAS, 424, 1807; incl. syst. errors
10 2012 18.85 0.08 # Haschke et al. 2012, AJ, 144, 106; area-averaged reddening
10 2012 18.65 0.07 # Haschke et al. 2012, AJ, 144, 106; individual reddening
11 2012 18.48 0.04 # Monson et al. 2012, ApJ, 759, 146; mid-IR
02 2013 18.45 0.02 0.10 # Inno et al. 2013, ApJ, 764, 84; FU Cepheids
02 2013 18.60 0.03 0.10 # Inno et al. 2013, ApJ, 764, 84; FO Cepheids
02 2013 18.29 0.02 0.05 # Groenewegen 2013, A&A, 550, A70
#
# RR Lyrae:
00 1992 18.10 0.00 # Lee 1992, Mem. Soc. Astron. It., 63, 331
00 1992 18.55 0.15 # Walker 1992, Mem. Soc. Astron. It., 63, 479
09 1992 18.40 0.20 # Cacciari et al. 1992, ApJ, 396, 219
06 1993 18.54 0.00 # Simon & Clement 1993, ApJ, 410, 526
04 1994 18.43 0.08 # Fernley 1994, A&A, 284, L16
00 1995 18.51 0.00 # Feast 1995, in ASP Conf. Ser., Astrophysical applications of stellar pulsation, eds. R.S. Stobie & P.A. Whitelock, vol. 83, p. 209
11 1996 18.28 0.13 # Layden et al. 1996, AJ, 112, 2110
01 1997 18.53 0.04 # Feast 1997, MNRAS, 284, 761
02 1997 18.44 0.10 # Caputo 1997, MNRAS, 284, 994; scaled solar abundances
02 1997 18.37 0.10 # Caputo 1997, MNRAS, 284, 994; enhanced α abundances
06 1997 18.48 0.19 # Alcock et al. 1997, ApJ, 482, 89
07 1997 18.65 0.12 # Reid 1997, AJ, 114, 161
08 1997 18.53 0.10 0.07 # McNamara 1997, PASP, 109, 857
02 1998 18.26 0.15 # Fernley et al. 1998, A&A, 330, 515
04 1998 18.09 0.16 # Udalski 1998, AcA, 48, 113; RRab
07 1998 18.37 0.23 # Luri et al. 1998, A&A, 335, L81
08 1998 18.33 0.08 # Popowski & Gould 1999, in Post-Hipparcos Cosmic Candles, ed. A. Heck & F. Caputo (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 53
08 1998 18.23 0.08 # Popowski & Gould 1999, in Post-Hipparcos Cosmic Candles, ed. A. Heck & F. Caputo (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 53
10 1998 18.07 0.15 # Popowski & Gould 1998, ApJ, 506, 259
10 1998 18.31 0.14 # Popowski & Gould 1998, ApJ, 506, 259
12 1998 18.24 0.14 # Gould & Popowski 1998, ApJ, 508, 844
08 1999 18.61 0.28 # Groenewegen & Salaris 1999, A&A, 348, L33
04 2000 18.54 0.03 0.12 # Carretta et al. 2000, ApJ, 533, 215
11 2000 18.52 0.21 0.10 # Kovács 2000, A&A, 363, L1
03 2001 18.61 0.04 # McNamara 2001, PASP, 113, 335; RR Lyrae in 7 LMC GCs
03 2001 18.64 0.10 # McNamara 2001, PASP, 113, 335; field RR Lyrae (bar)
01 2002 18.53 0.10 # Benedict et al. 2002, AJ, 123, 473
01 2002 18.38 0.12 # Benedict et al. 2002, AJ, 123, 473; different extinction correction
05 2002 18.47 0.07 # Bono 2003, LNP, 635, 85
03 2003 18.38 0.16 # Clementini et al. 2003, AJ, 125, 1309; BW calibration
03 2003 18.30 0.14 # Clementini et al. 2003, AJ, 125, 1309; statistical parallaxes
03 2003 18.45 0.09 # Clementini et al. 2003, AJ, 125, 1309; calibration based on MS fitting
03 2003 18.51 0.085 # Maio et al. 2004, MmSAIt, 75, 130
05 2003 18.47 0.07 # Dall'Ora et al. 2004, MmSAIt, 75, 138; K
05 2003 18.43 0.06 # Dall'Ora et al. 2004, MmSAIt, 75, 138; J
09 2003 18.50 0.09 # Gratton et al. 2003, A&A, 408, 529
01 2004 18.43 0.06 0.16 # Alcock et al. 2004, AJ, 127, 334
05 2004 18.48 0.08 # Feast 2004, in Science with SALT, astro-ph/0405015
07 2004 18.52 0.005 0.117 # Dall'Ora et al. 2004, ApJ, 610, 269
08 2004 18.48 0.08 # Borissova et al. 2004, A&A, 423, 97
01 2005 18.40 0.07 # Rastorguev et al. 2005, in The Three-Dimensional Universe with Gaia (ESA SP-576), eds. C. Turon, K.S. O'Flaherty, M.A.C. Perryman, p. 707
01 2005 18.24 0.07 # Rastorguev et al. 2005, in The Three-Dimensional Universe with Gaia (ESA SP-576), eds. C. Turon, K.S. O'Flaherty, M.A.C. Perryman, p. 707; Reticulum
05 2005 18.54 0.02 0.09 # Marconi & Clementini 2005, AJ, 129, 2257
12 2005 18.46 0.08 # Clement et al. 2005, BAAS, 37, 1364
11 2006 18.54 0.15 # Sollima et al. 2006, MNRAS, 372, 1675
01 2008 18.49 0.11 # Clement et al. 2008, AJ, 135, 83
03 2008 18.56 0.13 # Sollima et al. 2008, MNRAS, 384, 1583
04 2008 18.44 0.11 # Catelan & Cortés 2008, ApJ, 676, L135
05 2008 18.53 0.08 0.04 # Tammann et al. 2008, ApJ, 679, 52
07 2008 18.58 0.03 0.11 # Szewcyk et al. 2008, AJ, 136, 272
06 2009 18.27 0.08 # Dambis 2009, MNRAS, 396, 553
08 2009 18.53 0.13 # Borissova et al. 2009, A&A, 502, 505
10 2011 18.43 0.15 # Kuehn et al. 2011, AJ, 142, 107; NGC 1466
08 2012 18.54 0.07 # Federici et al. 2012, A&A, 544, A155
10 2012 18.60 0.17 # Haschke et al. 2012, AJ, 144, 106; area-averaged reddening
10 2012 18.62 0.13 # Haschke et al. 2012, AJ, 144, 106; individual reddening
12 2012 18.39 0.24 # Kuehn et al. 2012, AJ, 144, 186; NGC 1786
05 2013 18.55 0.10 # Wagner-Kaiser & Sarajedini 2013, MNRAS, 431, 1565
05 2013 18.40 0.20 # Kuehn et al. 2013, AJ, 145, 160: V; Reticulum
05 2013 18.47 0.06 # Kuehn et al. 2013, AJ, 145, 160: V; Reticulum
10 2013 18.47 0.08 # Madore et al. 2013, ApJ, 776, 135; Reticulum (mid-IR)
11 2013 18.32 0.09 # Dambis et al. 2013, MNRAS, 435, 3206
01 2014 18.59 0.25 # Deb & Singh 2014, MNRAS, 438, 2440; metall. dist. I
01 2014 18.47 0.23 # Deb & Singh 2014, MNRAS, 438, 2440; metall. dist. II
01 2014 18.40 0.24 # Deb & Singh 2014, MNRAS, 438, 2440; metall. dist. III
02 2014 18.53 0.02 # McNamara & Barnes 2014, AJ, 147, 31
#
# LPVs (RGB/AGB), supergiants:
03 1990 18.66 0.05 # Hughes & Wood 1990, AJ, 99, 784; Miras
06 1997 18.54 0.18 # van Leeuwen et al. 1997, MNRAS, 287, 955; Miras
06 1997 18.60 0.18 # van Leeuwen et al. 1997, MNRAS, 287, 955; Miras: MK calibration
04 1998 18.50 0.17 # Bergeat et al. 1998, A&A, 332, L53
10 1998 18.34 0.09 # Schmidt-Kaler & Oestreicher 1998, AN, 319, 375; M supergiants
10 1999 18.70 0.25 # Ventura, D'Antona, & Mazzitelli 1999, ApJ, 524, L111; Li-rich Ca stars
12 2000 18.64 0.14 # Whitelock & Feast 2000, MNRAS, 319, 759; Miras, K
07 2002 18.64 0.14 0.04 # Whitelock 2003, in Mass-losing pulsating stars and their circumstellar matter, eds. Y. Nakada, M. Honma, M. Seki. ASSL, 283, 19; Miras
12 2010 18.54 0.03 # Tabur et al. 2011, MNRAS, 409, 777; RGB/AGB variables
#
# Red clump:
01 1998 18.08 0.03 0.12 # Udalski et al. 1998, AcA, 48, 1
04 1998 18.13 0.07 # Udalski 1998, AcA, 48, 113
06 1998 18.36 0.17 0.15 # Cole 1998, ApJ, 500, L137
06 1998 18.065 0.031 0.09 # Stanek et al. 1998, ApJ, 500, L141
09 1998 18.18 0.06 # Udalski et al. 1998, AcA, 48, 383
11 1998 18.28 0.14 # Girardi et al. 1998, MNRAS, 301, 149; incl. syst. errors
04 1999 18.42 0.16 0.10 # Twarog et al. 1999, AJ, 117, 1816
01 2000 18.27 0.07 # Popowski 2000, ApJ, 528, L9
02 2000 18.59 0.04 0.08 # Romaniello et al. 2000, ApJ, 530, 738
03 2000 18.29 0.03 # Sakai et al. 2000, AJ, 119, 1197
03 2000 18.24 0.08 # Udalski 2000, ApJ, 531, L25
06 2000 18.24 0.08 # Stanek et al. 2000, AcA, 50 191
05 2001 18.55 0.05 # Girardi & Salaris 2001, MNRAS, 323, 109
07 2002 18.493 0.033 0.03 # Alves et al. 2002, ApJ, 573, L51
05 2003 18.53 0.07 # Salaris et al. 2003, ApJ, 588, 801
11 2003 18.47 0.01 0.06 # Salaris et al. 2003, MNRAS, 345, 1030
08 2007 18.40 0.04 0.08 # Grocholski et al. 2007, AJ, 134, 680
07 2009 18.54 0.06 # Koerwer 2009, AJ, 138, 1
08 2009 18.46 0.07 # Borissova et al. 2009, A&A, 502, 505
09 2010 18.50 0.01 # Subramanian & Subramaniam 2010, A&A, 520, A24; OGLE III
09 2010 18.55 0.01 # Subramanian & Subramaniam 2010, A&A, 520, A24; MCPS
01 2012 18.47 0.02 # Laney et al. 2012, MNRAS, 419, 1637; K
01 2012 18.49 0.06 # Laney et al. 2012, MNRAS, 419, 1637; H
01 2013 18.47 0.1 # Subramanian & Subramaniam 2013, A&A, 552, A144
#
# HB stars:
01 1998 18.71 0.07 0.15 # Reid 1998, AJ, 115, 204
05 1998 18.49 0.11 # Gratton 1998, MNRAS, 296, 739
#
# TRGB:
08 1997 18.53 0.03 # Salaris & Cassisi, 1997, MNRAS, 289, 406; theory
02 2000 18.69 0.25 0.06 # Romaniello et al. 2000, ApJ, 530, 738
03 2000 18.59 0.09 0.16 # Sakai et al. 2000, AJ, 119, 1197
09 2004 18.54 0.04 0.12 # Bellazzini et al. 2004, A&A, 424, 199
#
# Main-sequence/CMD-feature fitting:
04 2000 18.64 0.12 # Carretta et al. 2000, ApJ, 533, 215; subdwarf fitting
04 2000 18.55 0.04 0.04 # Carretta et al. 2000, ApJ, 533, 215; main sequence fitting
04 2000 18.40 0.15 # Carretta et al. 2000, ApJ, 533, 215; white dwarf cooling sequence
03 2001 18.66 0.08 # McNamara 2001, PASP, 113, 335; MSTO values of 3 LMC GCs
10 2001 18.33 0.05 # Walker et al. 2001, ApJ, 560, L139; MS fitting to NGC 1866 (corrected for geometry)
07 2002 18.61 0.07 # Kerber et al. 2002, A&A, 390, 121; main-sequence fitting
05 2003 18.33 0.08 # Salaris et al. 2003, ApJ, 588, 801; main-sequence fitting to NGC 1866
11 2003 18.33 0.08 # Groenewegen & Salaris 2003, A&A, 410, 887; main-sequence fitting to NGC 1866
01 2012 18.470 0.006 # Rubele et al. 2012, A&A, 537, A106; star-formation histories
#
# Eclipsing binaries:
12 1997 18.54 0.08 # Guinan et al. 1997, BAAS, 29, 1209
00 1998 18.42 0.07 # Guinan et al. 1998, in Ultraviolet Astrophysics beyond the IUE Final Archive, ed. W. Wamsteker, R. R. Gonzalez-Riestra, & R. Harris (ESA SP-413), 315
12 1998 18.30 0.07 # Guinan et al. 1998, ApJ, 509, L21
12 1998 18.22 0.13 # Udalski et al. 1998, ApJ, 509, L25
03 2000 18.40 0.07 # Nelson et al. 2000, AJ, 119, 1205
05 2001 18.25 0.25 # Maloney et al. 2001, BAAS, 33, 787
01 2002 18.52 0.06 # Fitzpatrick et al. 2002, ApJ, 564, 260
01 2002 18.42 0.24 # Salaris & Groenewegen 2002, A&A, 381, 440
04 2003 18.23 0.09 # Fitzpatrick et al. 2003, ApJ, 587, 685
05 2003 18.63 0.08 # Clausen et al. 2003, A&A, 402, 509
05 2009 18.50 0.06 # Pietrzyński et al. 2009, ApJ, 697, 862
03 2011 18.52 0.07 # Bonanos et al. 2011, ApJ, 729, L9
04 2012 18.53 0.02 # Prada Moroni et al. 2012, ApJ, 749, 108
03 2013 18.493 0.008 0.047 # Pietrzyński et al. 2013, Nature, 495, 76
05 2013 18.50 0.02 0.10 # Marconi et al. 2013, ApJL, 768, L6
#
# SN 1987A:
10 1991 18.50 0.13 # Panagia et al. 1991, ApJ, 380, L23
00 1992 18.38 0.07 # Schmidt-Kaler 1992, in ASP Conf. Ser., Variable Stars and Galaxies, ed. B. Warner (San Franciso: ASP), vol. 30, p. 195
04 1994 18.63 0.10 # Gould 1994, ApJ, 425, 51; upper limit
10 1995 18.37 0.04 # Gould 1995, ApJ, 452, 189
08 1996 18.45 0.00 # Eastman et al. 1996, ApJ, 466, 911
07 1997 18.67 0.05 # Lundqvist & Sonneborn 1998, in ASP Conf. Ser., SN 1987A: Ten Years After, ed. M. Phillips & N. Suntzeff (San Franciso: ASP) (astro-ph/9707144), unpublished
12 1997 18.56 0.08 # Panagia et al. 1997, BAAS, 29, 1243
01 1998 18.57 0.04 # Reid 1998, AJ, 115, 204
02 1998 18.37 0.04 # Gould & Uza 1998, ApJ, 494, 118; assuming circular ring (upper limit)
02 1998 18.44 0.05 # Gould & Uza 1998, ApJ, 494, 118; assuming elliptical ring (upper limit)
08 1998 18.55 0.07 0.16 # Walker 1999, in Post-Hipparcos Cosmic Candles, ed. A. Heck & F. Caputo (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 125
00 1999 18.58 0.05 # Panagia 1999, in New Views of the Magellanic Clouds, IAU Symp. 190, 549
02 2000 18.55 0.05 # Romaniello et al. 2000, ApJ, 530, 738
04 2000 18.58 0.05 # Carretta et al. 2000, ApJ, 533, 215
07 2002 18.5 0.2 # Mitchell et al. 2002, ApJ, 574, 293
#
# PNLF:
08 1998 18.50 0.18 # Walker 1999, in Post-Hipparcos Cosmic Candles, ed. A. Heck & F. Caputo (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 125; assuming a distance to M31, based on Galactic Cepheid calibration
06 2010 18.46 0.2 # Reid & Parker 2010, MNRAS, 405, 1349
12 2013 18.49 0.44 # Ortiz 2013, A&A, 560, A85; 56 PNe
#
# Multiple calibrations:
02 1998 18.50 0.14 # Chaboyer et al. 1998, ApJ, 494, 96; average
07 1999 18.62 0.10 # Feast 1999, PASP, 111, 775; multiple non-Cepheid calibrations
09 2000 18.24 0.02 0.08 # Udalski 2000, AcA, 50, 279
03 2001 18.33 0.07 0.10 # Popowski 2001, MNRAS, 321, 502; Red clump/RR Lyrae
01 2002 18.47 0.04 # Benedict et al. 2002, AJ, 123, 473
03 2003 18.42 0.07 # Clementini et al. 2003, AJ, 125, 1309; RR Lyrae/Red clump
03 2003 18.45 0.07 # Clementini et al. 2003, AJ, 125, 1309; RR Lyrae/Red clump, different metallicity-luminosity calibration
#
# Novae:
09 1990 18.70 0.25 # Capaccioli et al. 1990, ApJ, 360, 63