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Science 10 September 1999:
Vol. 285. no. 5434, p. 1661
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5434.1661
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ASTRONOMY:
Bypassing the Magellanic Cloud

James Glanz

As the tug-of-war continues over the distance to a nearby galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud--a first step in the cosmic distance ladder (see main text)--a few astronomers have boldly tried to leapfrog it. They are using clever geometric techniques to get absolute distances to more remote galaxies.

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