Figure 12-1 -Refer to Figure 12-1. a Type I Cepheid Has Been

question 51

Multiple Choice

Figure 12-1
-Refer to Figure 12-1. A Type I Cepheid has been located in an open cluster. The period of the Cepheid variable is 30 days and the variables apparent visual magnitude, m, is 10. First, use 12-1 to estimate the absolute visual magnitude, M . Calculate the distance to this open cluster? Hint: d_pc = 10^{(m - M + 5) /5}

• A) 100 pc
• B) 10,000 pc
• C) 20 pc
• D) 300 pc
• E) 2500 pc

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