Testing the Supernova, Cepheid, and Early-type Galaxy Distance Scales
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I summarize recent work comparing relative distances measured to individual galaxies with independent methods. The comparisons include: ground-based surface brightness fluctuation (SBF) and fundamental plane distances to 170 galaxies, distances predicted from galaxy velocities and the inferred gravity field, HST SBF measurements to seven early-type hosts of Type Ia supernovae, and ties of the Cepheid distance scale to early-type galaxies. Independent calibrations for some methods provide interesting constraints on the Cepheid zero point.
4 pages, contribution to the proceedings "A New Era in Cosmology", ASP conference series, eds. T. Shanks and N. Metcalfe
4 pages, contribution to the proceedings "A New Era in Cosmology", ASP conference series, eds. T. Shanks and N. Metcalfe