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The Absolute Magnitude Of RRc Variables From Statistical Parallax

Kollmeier, Juna A.; Szczygiel, Dorota M.; Burns, Christopher R.; Gould, Andrew; Thompson, Ian B.; Preston, George W.; Sneden, Christopher; Crane, Jeffrey D.; Dong, Subo; Madore, Barry F.; Morrell, Nidia; Prieto, Jose L.; Shectman, Stephen; Simon, Joshua D.; Villanueva, Edward (2013-09)

We present the first definitive measurement of the absolute magnitude of RR Lyrae c-type variable stars (RRc) determined purely from statistical parallax. We use a sample of 242 RRc variables selected from the All Sky ...