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Calibrating Leavitt’s Law
| QUESTION 1 | DISTANCE | |||||||||
| STAR | Period (days) | log(P) | m | M | 2600 | |||||
| VY Persei | 5.37 | 0.73 | 8.36 | |||||||
| V Persei | 5.53 | 0.74 | 7.99 | |||||||
| VX Persei | 10.89 | 1.04 | 7.56 | |||||||
| SZ Cassiopeiae | 13.61 | 1.13 | 7.19 | |||||||
| QUESTION 2 | ||||||||||
| STAR | Period (days) | log(P) | M | |||||||
| EV Scuti | 3.09 | 0.49 | -2.9 | |||||||
| CE Cassiopaiae A | 5.14 | 0.71 | -3.84 | |||||||
| CF Cassiopeiae B | 4.48 | 0.65 | -3.78 | |||||||
| U Sagittarii | 6.73 | 0.83 | -3.63 | |||||||
| DL Cassiopeiae | 8 | 0.9 | -3.62 | |||||||
| S Normae | 9.75 | 0.99 | -4.27 | |||||||
| RS Puppis | 41.4 | 1.62 | -6.25 | |||||||
| VY Persei | 5.37 | 0.73 | 0 | |||||||
| V Persei | 5.53 | 0.74 | 0 | |||||||
| VX Persei | 10.89 | 1.04 | 0 | |||||||
| SZ Cassiopeiae | 13.61 | 1.13 | 0 | |||||||
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Determining Distances
| Time (days) | m |
| 1.28 | 15.83 |
| 1.37 | 15.95 |
| 1.56 | 15.59 |
| 1.84 | 15.26 |
| 2.16 | 15.2 |
| 2.33 | 15.23 |
| 2.67 | 15.32 |
| 3.2 | 15.41 |
| 3.98 | 15.51 |
| 4.17 | 15.56 |
| 4.22 | 15.63 |
| 4.54 | 15.7 |
| 5.2 | 15.84 |
| 5.38 | 15.84 |
| 5.94 | 15.85 |
| 6.04 | 15.93 |
| 6.31 | 15.61 |
| 6.5 | 15.3 |
| 6.92 | 15.19 |
| 7.45 | 15.33 |
| 7.88 | 15.39 |
| 8.65 | 15.53 |
| 8.83 | 15.56 |
| 8.88 | 15.64 |
| 9.21 | 15.7 |