Table 1: Influence of the Cepheid bias on the Hubble constant from long-range distance criteria.
Method Uncorrected H0 Corrected H0
SNIa $71\pm2$ km s-1 Mpc-1 60 km s-1 Mpc-1
TF relation $71\pm3$ 58
FP method$^\dag $ $82\pm6$ 60
SBF $70\pm5$ 61
SNII $72\pm9$ 65
Weighted mean $72\pm2.7$ $60\pm1.3$

$^\dag $ Based on the distances of Virgo, Fornax and Leo.


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Article Contents
1 Introduction
2 Evidence for the Cepheid bias
3 Derivation of the bias correction curve
4 Implications for the Local Hubble constant
5 Implications for the global Hubble constant
6 Concluding remarks
References
Online Material
Appendix A: Reality of the Cepheid bias from a simple simulation
List of tables
List of figures