Cepheids and Leavitt's Law

Presenter Full Name
Dr. Vicky Scowcroft
Institution
Observatories Carnegie Institution for Science
Year & Semester
2015 Fall
Presentation Date
October 26, 2016

Dr. Vicky Scowcroft of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science, will detail a class of pulsating stars, used as "Standard Candles" to measure distances in the Universe.