J/ApJ/748/15ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/748/15doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.17480015CDSZaritsky D.Zabludoff A.I.Gonzalez A.H.2017-12-06T07:38:03Z2013-11-08T07:51:47ZCDS support team

CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France

cds-question@unistra.frgalaxiescatalogsredshiftedstellar-distanceWe demonstrate how the Fundamental Manifold (FM) can be used to cross-calibrate distance estimators even when those "standard candles" are not found in the same galaxy. Such an approach greatly increases the number of distance measurements that can be utilized to check for systematic distance errors and the types of estimators that can be compared. Here we compare distances obtained using Type Ia supernova (SN Ia), Cepheids, surface brightness fluctuations, the luminosity of the tip of the red giant branch, circumnuclear masers, eclipsing binaries, RR Lyrae stars, and the planetary nebulae luminosity functions. We find no significant discrepancies (differences are <2{sigma}) between distance methods, although differences at the ~10% level cannot yet be ruled out. The potential exists for significant refinement because the data used here are heterogeneous B-band magnitudes that will soon be supplanted by homogeneous, near-infrared magnitudes. We illustrate the use of FM distances to (1) revisit the question of the metallicity sensitivity of various estimators, confirming the dependence of SN Ia distances on host galaxy metallicity, and (2) provide an alternative calibration of H_0_ that replaces the classical ladder approach in the use of extragalactic distance estimators with one that utilizes data over a wide range of distances simultaneously.2012ApJ...748...15Zhttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/748/15CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic serviceIsServedByConesearch servicerelated-toVII/237 : HYPERLEDA. I. Catalog of galaxies (Paturel+, 2003)VII/206 : General Photometry of Galaxies (Prugniel+ 1998)VII/155 : Third Reference Cat. of Bright Galaxies (RC3) (de Vaucouleurs+ 1991)J/ApJ/730/119 : HST/WFC3 obs. of Cepheids in SN Ia hosts (Riess+, 2011)J/PASP/122/1397 : Stellar Structure in Galaxies with Spitzer (Sheth+, 2010)J/ApJ/638/725 : Fundamental manifold of spheroids (Zaritsky+, 2006)http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/ : NED home pagehttps://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/748/15https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/748/15http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/748/15https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJ/748/15https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJ/748/15http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJ/748/15GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapCone search capability for table J/ApJ/748/15/table1 (The sample of galaxies used)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/748/15/table1?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/748/15/table1?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/748/15/table1?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true0.812279216.14522780.0055555555555555566/626 664 697 1701 2145 2155 2282 2320 2372 2374 2409 2622 2709 2774 2777 4439 4447 4719 5174 5288 5342 5545 5590 5607 5751 6087 6093 6619 6968 7241 7385 7604 7606 7624 7659 7743 7878 7986 8193 8195 8196 8522 8763 8908 9437 10203 10454 10523 10607 10627 10761 10809 10817 10847 10858 10881 10888 10910 10911 10941 10977 11019 11263 11389 11434 11496 11791 11824 12018 12025 12455 13330 13401 13522 15056 15592 15955 16479 16701 16898 17472 17605 17606 17612 17761 18041 18209 18269 18296 18325 18895 18935 19442 19611 19697 20014 20090 20101 20526 20742 22495 22751 22826 22922 24681 24732 24733 24920 25083 25100 25347 25383 25533 25768 26055 26065 26125 26210 26234 26271 26313 26336 26362 26803 27079 27186 27255 27351 27367 27426 27512 27514 27515 27518 27604 27713 27714 27718 27719 27728 27730 27734 27738 27739 27743 27763 27765 27766 27767 27773 27774 27861 27907 27908 27913 27914 27918 27926 27936 27938 27942 27944 27945 27946 28033 28035 28037 28045 28123 28141 28142 28167 28200 28221 28249 28453 28495 28524 28529 28631 28666 30044 33193 33268 33271 33952 33954 33957 34361 34493 34510 34521 34531 34533 34534 34535 34538 34540 34541 34542 34695 35514 35536 35911 35925 36152 36153 36156 36172 36247 36377 36621 36623 36632 36785 37266 37429 38390 38621 38658 38693 38830 38842 38852 38853 40252 40321 40337 40952 41989 43262 43427 43597 43602 43627 43630 43669 43697 43700 43714 43809 43828 43830 43874 43881 44000 44247 44995 45305 45418 45469 45746 46035 46043 46389 46568 46608 46618 46882 46987 47190 47253 47383 47386 47397 48484https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/moc/J/ApJ/748/15?format=asciiOpticaldefaultJ/ApJ/748/15/table1The sample of galaxies usedNameGalaxy namemeta.id;meta.maincharrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintBTmag[4.88/14.74] Total blue magnitudemagphot.mag;em.opt.BfloatB-V[0.26/1] Intrinsic (B-V) color indexmagphot.color;em.opt.B;em.opt.Vfloatmu[18.5/25.5] Surface brightness evaluated within effective radiusmag.arcsec**-2phot.mag.sbfloat2re[7/1467] Twice the effective radiusarcsecphys.angSizefloatV(HI)[12.9/421.2]? Gas rotational velocity; inclination correctedkm/sphys.veloc.rotatfloatnullableV(*)[4.3/244.9]? Stellar rotational velocitykm/sphys.veloc.rotatfloatnullablesigma[23.3/345.7]? Velocity dispersion {sigma}km/sphys.veloc.dispersionfloatnullableDCep[0.7/22.2]? Distance from CepheidsMpcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatnullableDTRGB[0.6/11.2]? Distance from tip of red giant branch starsMpcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatnullableDSNIa[3.3/108.7]? Distance from SN IaMpcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatnullableDSBF[0.7/67.1]? Distance from surface brightness fluctuationsMpcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatnullableDPNe[0.7/17.2]? Distance from planetary nebulaMpcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatnullableDLyr[0.6/0.9]? Distance from RR Lyrae starsMpcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatnullableDMas[0.7/7.3]? Distance from masersMpcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatnullableDBin[0.75]? Distance from binary starsMpcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatnullablecz[-294/8139]? Redshiftkm/sphys.veloc;pos.heliocentricintnullableRC3Cross-match within 45" with the RC3 catalog (Cat. VII/155)meta.ref.urlintnullableSimbadSimbad column added by the CDSmeta.refcharNEDSimbad column added by the CDSmeta.refcharLEDASimbad column added by the CDSmeta.refchar_RAPositions from SIMBAD database (right ascension part)degpos.eq.ra;meta.main_DEPositions from SIMBAD database (declination part)degpos.eq.dec;meta.main