Period-luminosity relation
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distance measure in astronomy using the period of variable stars to find their absolute brightness
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It sits within the topics Astrometry, Classical Cepheid variables and Large-scale structure of the cosmos.
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- cosmic distance ladder
- Image
- Storm2011 Cepheid Data.svg
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- discoverer or inventor
- Henrietta Swan Leavitt
- Commons category
- Cepheid period-luminosity relations
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luminosity
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Cepheid variable
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frequency
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digital object identifier
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parallax
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