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Determination of the Hubble constant from observations of Cepheid variables in the galaxy M96

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New Hubble Space Telescope observations of Cepheid variable stars in the nearby galaxy M96 give a distance to the host galaxy group, Leo I, of 11.6 ± 0.8 Mpc. This value, used in conjunction with several reliable secondary indicators of relative distance, constrains the distances to more remote galaxy clusters, and yields a value of the Hubble constant (H0 = 69 ± 8 km s−1 Mpc−1) that is independent of the velocity of the Leo I group itself.

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Tanvir, N., Shanks, T., Ferguson, H. et al. Determination of the Hubble constant from observations of Cepheid variables in the galaxy M96. Nature 377, 27–31 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/377027a0

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