BREAKING NEWS: Hubble Detects Cepheids in Centaurus A, Measures its Distance

The First Cepheid Distance to Centaurus A

For the first time, astronomers have detected Cepheids in an elliptical
galaxy--Centaurus A--and used them to measure its distance. The astronomers,
based in Canada and the United States, say the galaxy is about 11 million
light-years from Earth. For the full story, including a color image from
the Hubble Space Telescope, please see
http://KenCroswell.com/CentaurusA.html .

Other recent stories:

May 28, 2006: The First Binary Centaur:
http://KenCroswell.com/FirstBinaryCentaur.html

April 19, 2006: Two New Galaxies Orbiting the Milky Way:
http://KenCroswell.com/BootesCanesVenaticiDwarfs.html

April 9, 2006: Black Holes in Quasars Spin Fast:
http://KenCroswell.com/BlackHolesInQuasarsSpinFast.html

March 10, 2006: A Solar Twin in the Big Dipper:
http://KenCroswell.com/HD98618.html

January 31, 2006: The Horsehead Nebula is Rotating:
http://KenCroswell.com/HorseheadNebulaIsRotating.html

January 5, 2006: The Tenth Planet's First
Anniversary:
http://KenCroswell.com/TenthPlanetFirstAnniversary.html

November 4, 2005: First Direct Distance to Andromeda:
http://KenCroswell.com/AndromedaDistance.html

View all the articles at
http://KenCroswell.com/articles.html .

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