Asteroseismic constraints on the Pleiades distance

Fox Machado, L.; Pérez Hernández, F.; Suárez, J. C.; Michel, E.; Lebreton, Y.
Bibliographical reference

Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana, v.77, p.455 (2006)

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2006
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5
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The global parameters of the Pleiades cluster are derived from the comparison of observed and computed frequencies of six multi-periodic delta Scuti stars. The best frequency fits lead to a distance modulus of 5.70 in good agreement with the pre-Hipparcos MS fitting methods.