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The 38 pages that link to Cepheid variable, each with the reason it gives.

• Andromeda GalaxyRelated: Cepheids in Andromeda provided a distance indicator that resolved its extragalactic status.

• Stellar parallaxRelated: Parallax distances calibrate the Cepheid period–luminosity relation.

• Absolute magnitudeRelated: Its calibrated luminosity yields an absolute magnitude that helps determine distance.

• Henrietta Swan LeavittRelated: Leavitt established that longer-period Cepheids are intrinsically brighter.

• Large Magellanic CloudRelated: Cepheids in the Cloud help calibrate the cosmic distance scale.

• Harlow ShapleyRelated: Cepheids in globular clusters supplied distance estimates for Shapley’s map.

• Small Magellanic CloudRelated: Cepheids in the Cloud help calibrate distance measurements beyond the Milky Way.

• Magellanic CloudsRelated: Cepheids in the Clouds helped establish the extragalactic distance scale.

• Walter BaadeRelated: Baade showed that Cepheids in different populations required separate luminosity calibrations.

• Messier 51Related: Cepheids in Messier 51 have been used to estimate the galaxy’s distance.

• Messier 81Related: Cepheids in M81 help calibrate its distance.

• Messier 106Related: Cepheids in Messier 106 provide an independent distance estimate to compare with maser geometry.