1912 paper on periods of 25 Cepheid variables in the Small Magellanic Cloud

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The 1912 paper on periods of 25 Cepheid variables in the Small Magellanic Cloud is Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s landmark work that revealed the period–luminosity relationship of Cepheid variable stars, providing a crucial tool for measuring cosmic distances.

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instanceOf astronomy paper ⓘ
scientific paper ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Leavitt’s period–luminosity paper ⓘ
associatedPerson Edward Charles Pickering ⓘ
author Henrietta Swan Leavitt ⓘ
basedOn photographic plate observations from the Harvard College Observatory ⓘ
chronology follows earlier Harvard College Observatory work on variable stars in the Magellanic Clouds ⓘ
citedAs Leavitt’s law ⓘ
linked to: Leavitt law
citedBy Edwin Hubble’s work on extragalactic distances ⓘ
countryOfPublication United States ⓘ
dataSource Harvard College Observatory photographic plate archive ⓘ
era early 20th century astronomy ⓘ
field astronomy ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ
historicalContext produced during the era of the Harvard Computers ⓘ
impact contributed to the establishment of the cosmic distance ladder ⓘ
enabled later determination of the size of the Milky Way and nearby galaxies ⓘ
laid the foundation for Edwin Hubble’s measurement of the distance to the Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
provided a distance scale tool for measuring extragalactic distances ⓘ
influenced calibration of the Hubble constant ⓘ
development of modern cosmology ⓘ
institution Harvard College Observatory ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainContribution discovery of a tight correlation between the periods and apparent magnitudes of Cepheid variables in the Small Magellanic Cloud ⓘ
establishment of Cepheid variables as standard candles for distance measurement ⓘ
formulation of the period–luminosity relationship for Cepheid variables ⓘ
objectOfStudy 25 Cepheid variable stars ⓘ
variable stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud ⓘ
observationalSite Harvard College Observatory ⓘ
observationalTechnique repeated photographic imaging of the Small Magellanic Cloud ⓘ
publicationYear 1912 ⓘ
publishedIn Harvard College Observatory Circular ⓘ
relatedConcept distance modulus ⓘ
extragalactic distance scale ⓘ
standard candle ⓘ
relatedWork Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s earlier catalogs of variable stars in the Magellanic Clouds ⓘ
result demonstration that longer-period Cepheids are intrinsically brighter than shorter-period ones ⓘ
empirical calibration of a relation between period and apparent magnitude for SMC Cepheids ⓘ
scientificSignificance cornerstone of observational cosmology ⓘ
key step in establishing that the universe extends beyond the Milky Way ⓘ
topic Cepheid variable stars ⓘ
Small Magellanic Cloud ⓘ
period–luminosity relation ⓘ
usesMethod period determination from light curves ⓘ
photographic photometry ⓘ

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Henrietta Swan Leavitt → notableWork → 1912 paper on periods of 25 Cepheid variables in the Small Magellanic Cloud ⓘ
1912 paper on periods of 25 Cepheid variables in the Small Magellanic Cloud → alsoKnownAs → Leavitt’s period–luminosity paper ⓘ
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