I read the book also, it is the easiest and most straight forward book on cosmology. I recommend it as well. Overby is an interesting person to google for articles as well.
One thing is clear Alan Sandage was the workhorse on Cepheids and the following red shift measurements. Thanks for the information, Kim. I've got the book on my "to buy" list.
--- On Sun, 1/16/11, Kim Hyatt <kimharch@cut.net> wrote:
From: Kim Hyatt <kimharch@cut.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Cepheids To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 4:39 AM
Replying late, but I finally got a chance to read your blog, Joe. I posted comments, which are also below.
Great information as always, Joe. Thanks for the work you do to convey concepts such as this to dummies like me. I especially appreciate the work you put into providing historical background. It will be interesting to see how much of an impact this wrinkle will have for our estimates of the size and age of the universe. While somewhat dated now, Dennis Overbye's book "Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos" (1991) includes an excellent account of the importance of using Cepheid variables as "standard candles" as a starting point for these estimates. I'm sure there are more up-to-date narratives available, but I'm not familiar with them.
Thanks again.
Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 1:54 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Cepheids
Hi Friends, My latest blog, about news concerning Cepheid variables and featuring a couple of great pics Patrick took, is up. It's at:
http://www.deseretnews.com/blog/47/Nightly-news-astronomy.html
Any comments are greatly appreciated. Thanks, Joe
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