The Extragalactic Distance Database: Color-Magnitude Diagrams Export

@article{citeulike:4094925, abstract = {The color-magnitude diagrams/tip of the red giant branch (CMDs/TRGB) section of the Extragalactic Distance Database contains a compilation of observations of nearby galaxies from the Hubble Space Telescope. Approximately 250 (and increasing) galaxies in the Local Volume have CMDs and the stellar photometry tables used to produce them available through the Web. Various stellar populations that make up a galaxy are visible in the CMDs, but our primary purpose for collecting and analyzing these galaxy images is to measure the TRGB in each. We can estimate the distance to a galaxy by using stars at the TRGB as standard candles. In this paper, we describe the process of constructing the CMDs and make the results available to the public.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {{Jacobs}, B. A. and {Rizzi}, L. and {Tully}, R. B. and {Shaya}, E. J. and {Makarov}, D. I. and {Makarova}, L.}, citeulike-article-id = {4094925}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0902.3675}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0902.3675}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/138/2/332}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2009AJ....138..332J}, day = {20}, doi = {10.1088/0004-6256/138/2/332}, eprint = {0902.3675}, journal = {Astron. J.}, keywords = {cosmology, datamining, distance}, month = {August}, pages = {332--337}, posted-at = {2009-02-24 18:23:17}, priority = {2}, title = {The Extragalactic Distance Database: Color-Magnitude Diagrams}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/138/2/332}, volume = {138}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4094925 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4094925 N2 - The color-magnitude diagrams/tip of the red giant branch (CMDs/TRGB) section of the Extragalactic Distance Database contains a compilation of observations of nearby galaxies from the Hubble Space Telescope. Approximately 250 (and increasing) galaxies in the Local Volume have CMDs and the stellar photometry tables used to produce them available through the Web. Various stellar populations that make up a galaxy are visible in the CMDs, but our primary purpose for collecting and analyzing these galaxy images is to measure the TRGB in each. We can estimate the distance to a galaxy by using stars at the TRGB as standard candles. In this paper, we describe the process of constructing the CMDs and make the results available to the public. JF - Astron. J. EP - 337 TI - The Extragalactic Distance Database: Color-Magnitude Diagrams VL - 138 SP - 332 KW - cosmology KW - datamining KW - distance AU - {Jacobs}, BA AU - {Rizzi}, L AU - {Tully}, RB AU - {Shaya}, EJ AU - {Makarov}, DI AU - {Makarova}, L PY - 2009/August/20/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/138/2/332 ER -