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Table 1

Comparison of different sets of distance determinations with the TRGB set from EDD.

Sample N μμEDD σ Notes

TRGB
Rizzi et al. (2007) excluding EDD 83 −0.016 ± 0.008 0.060 Rizzi et al. (2007)
Makarov et al. (2013) 26 −0.022 ± 0.005 0.025 Rizzi et al. (2007)
Radburn-Smith et al. (2011) 13 −0.021 ± 0.024 0.086 Rizzi et al. (2007)
Dalcanton et al. (2009) 87 −0.064 ± 0.008 0.062 Padova isochrones
MI(TRGB) = −4.05 181 −0.027 ± 0.006 0.062
Lee et al. (1993) 30 −0.073 ± 0.021 0.114
Cepheids
Saha et al. (2006) 15 −0.013 ± 0.048 0.157
Fouqué et al. (2003) 7 +0.002 ± 0.041 0.103
Kanbur et al. (2003) 8 +0.003 ± 0.062 0.197
Tammann et al. (2003) 7 +0.063 ± 0.047 0.110
Freedman et al. (2001) 13 −0.065 ± 0.030 0.100
Freedman et al. (2001) 14 −0.016 ± 0.034 0.143 metallicity corrected
Lanoix et al. (1999) 16 −0.029 ± 0.044 0.147
Udalski et al. (1999) 8 +0.015 ± 0.061 0.196 corrected to μLMC = 18.50
Gieren et al. (1998) 7 −0.005 ± 0.047 0.109
Madore & Freedman (1991) 13 +0.007 ± 0.035 0.117
SBF
Jensen et al. (2003) 8 −0.223 ± 0.076 0.223
Tonry et al. (2000) 16 +0.092 ± 0.057 0.250
PNLF
Ciardullo et al. (1989) 10 +0.043 ± 0.089 0.225
Brightest stars
Brightest blue stars 61 −0.039 ± 0.076 0.586
Brightest red stars 21 −0.080 ± 0.140 0.632

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