Session 39. Results from the HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale

Topical, Oral, Tuesday, June 1, 1999, 8:30-10:00am, 10:45am-12:30pm, 2:30-4:00pm, International Ballroom South

39.01 H₀ Since Hubble: Introduction

R.C. Kennicutt (Steward Obs.)

39.02 The Tully--Fisher Relation and H_\circ

R. Giovanelli (Cornell)

39.03 The Calibration of the Tully--Fisher Relations and the Value of H₀

S. Sakai (KPNO), J. Mould (MSSSO), J. Huchra (CfA), R. Kennicutt (Steward), L. Macri (CfA), S. Hughes (Cambridge), HST H$_0$ Key Project Team

39.04 The Fundamental Plane and D_n-\sigma Relations in Leo I, Virgo, and Fornax, and a Derivation of the Hubble Constant

D. D. Kelson (DTM), HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale Team

39.05 SBF and the Extragalactic Distance Scale

J.L. Tonry (IFA), E.A. Ajhar (NOAO), J.P. Blakeslee (Caltech), A. Dressler (OCIW)

39.06 The Calibration of Population II Secondary Distance Indicators and the Value of the Hubble Constant

L. Ferrarese (Caltech), J.R. Mould (MSSSO), R.C. Kennicutt (Steward Observatory), J. Huchra (CfA), H.C. Ford (JHU), P.B. Stetson (DAO), B.F. Madore (IPAC), W.L. Freedman (OCIW), S. Sakai (NOAO), B.K. Gibson (UofC), J.A. Graham (DTM, CIW), S.M. Hughes (RGO), G.D. Illingworth (UCSC), D.D. Kelson (DTM, CIW), L. Macri (CfA), A. Saha (NOAO), K. Sebo (MSSSO), N.A. Silbermann (IPAC)

39.07 Supernovae and Extragalactic Distance Scale

Brian P. Schmidt (Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (MSSSO))

39.08 Type Ia Supernovae and the Value of the Hubble Constant

B.K. Gibson (CASA), P.B. Stetson (DAO), J.R. Mould (ANU), R.C. Kennicutt (Steward), W.L. Freedman (OCIW), J.P. Huchra (CfA), S. Sakai (KPNO), J.A. Graham, C.I. Fassett, D.D. Kelson (DTM), L. Ferrarese (Caltech), S.M.G. Hughes (IoA), G.D. Illingworth (UCSC), L.M. Macri (CfA), B.F. Madore (IPAC), K.M. Sebo (ANU), N.A. Silbermann (IPAC)

39.09 Summary of Results: The HST H₀ Key Project

W. L. Freedman (Carnegie Obs.)

39.10 Direct Measures of the Hubble Constant

P.L. Schechter (MIT)

39.11 Cosmological Implications

J.R. Mould (Australian National Univ.)

39.12 Panel Discussion and Summary

J.P. Huchra (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), M.S. Turner (U. of Chicago)