Projects funded by the NCN
Distance determination to galaxies in the Local Group based on the brightness of the Tip of the Red Giant Branch
2012/05/N/ST9/03846
Keywords:
distance scale Local Group TRGB infrared photometry
Descriptors:
- ST9_7: Stars and stellar systems
Panel:
ST9 - Astronomy and space science: astrophysics, astrochemistry, astrobiology, solar system, planetary systems, stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, space science, instrumentation
Host institution :
Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Fizyki
woj. mazowieckie
Principal investigator (from the host institution):
Number of co-investigators in the project: 2
Call: PRELUDIUM 3 - announced on 2012-03-15
Amount awarded: 147 800 PLN
Project start date (Y-m-d): 2013-03-11
Project end date (Y-m-d): 2016-03-10
Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status: Project settled
Equipment purchased [PL]
- drukarka (3 000 PLN)
- Komputer do pracy bieżącej (7 000 PLN)
Information in the final report
- Publication in academic press/journals (1)
- The Araucaria Project. On the Tip of the Red Giant Branch distance determination to the Magellanic Clouds.Authors:Marek Gorski, Grzegorz Pietrzynski, Wolfgang Gieren, Marcio Catelan, Bogumil Pilecki, Paulina Karczmarek, Ksenia Suchomska, Dariusz Graczyk, Piotr Konorski, Bartlomiej Zgirski, Piotr WielgorskiAcademic press:Astronomical Journal (rok: 2016, tom: 151, strony: 167), Wydawca: Institute of PhysicsStatus:PublishedDOI:10.3847/0004-6256/151/6/167 - link to the publication