Session 119. The Cosmic Distance Scale

Oral, Thursday, January 11, 2001, 10:30am-12:00noon, San Diego

119.01 Infrared Surface Brightness Fluctuation Measurements Using the Hokupaa Adaptive Optics System on Gemini

J. B. Jensen, M. R. Chun (Gemini), J. L. Tonry (Institute for Astronomy)

119.02 An HST Cepheid Distance to NGC 2841

G. D. Bothun (University of Oregon), W. Freedman (Carnegie Observatories), P. Garnavich (Notre Dame), L. Macri (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), M. Richmond (Rochester Institute of Technology)

119.03D Sunyev-Zel'dovich Determined Direct Distances to High Redshift Galaxy Clusters: Implications for the Hubble Constant

Erik Reese (University of Chicago)

119.04D Resolving Systematic Errors in The Extragalactic Distance Scale

L.M. Macri (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)

119.05D Type Ia Supernovae as Distance Indicators: From the Ultraviolet to the Infrared

S. Jha, R. P. Kirshner, P. M. Challis (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), P. M. Garnavich (Notre Dame)

119.06 Recalibration of the Barnes-Evans Relation Using Interferometric Observations of Cepheid Variables

T. E. Nordgren (USNO - NPOI), B. F. Lane (Caltech), R. B. Hindsley (NRL)