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Challenges of Using Planetary Nebulae for Extragalactic Distances

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

L. Bottinelli ,
L. Gouguenheim ,
G. Paturel  and
P. Teerikorpi
L. Bottinelli
Affiliation:
1Observatoire de Paris, Section de Meudon, Arpèges/CNRS URA 1757, F-92195 Meudon Cedex, France 2Université Paris XI, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France
L. Gouguenheim
Affiliation:
1Observatoire de Paris, Section de Meudon, Arpèges/CNRS URA 1757, F-92195 Meudon Cedex, France 2Université Paris XI, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France
G. Paturel
Affiliation:
3Observatoire de Lyon, F-69561 Saint-Genis Laval Cedex, France
P. Teerikorpi
Affiliation:
4Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, SF-21500 Piikkiö, Finland

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The planetary nebulae (hereafter PN) distance criterion (Ciardullo et al. 1989a) relies on the shape adopted for the luminosity function (hereafter LF) and its adequate fit to the observed data. Crucial hypothesis concerning the LF are its universal shape with an universal value of the absolute magnitude cut-off and concerning the sample, its completeness and the selection of the rejected data.

Because the completeness is achieved only in the bright part of the LF, the brighest PN play a crucial role in the distance determination and it is well known that the brightest objects (with intrinsic scatter) in a giant galaxy are brighter than in a dwarf galaxy. Thus more luminous galaxies are given smaller distances. Because giant galaxies are rare they are not seen at small distances; on the contrary, they are typically observed at large distances. This effect induces a progressive compression of the distance scale.

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II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 10: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIInd General Assembly of the IAU, 1994 , 1995 , pp. 504 - 506
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1995

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