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The 66 pages that link to Cosmic distance ladder, each with the reason it gives.

• Cepheid variableNarrower topic: Cepheids bridge geometric measurements of nearby stars and distance estimates for other galaxies.

• Stellar parallaxNarrower topic: Parallax calibrates stellar methods that extend distance estimates far beyond the Solar neighborhood.

• Standard candleNarrower topic: Standard candles bridge geometric distances to measurements of remote galaxies.

• Henrietta Swan LeavittNarrower topic: Cepheids became a rung connecting stellar measurements to extragalactic distances.

• Distance modulusNarrower topic: Distance modulus turns calibrated standard candles into rungs of this broader measurement strategy.

• Fast radio burstNarrower topic: Localized bursts may provide an independent route to measuring cosmic distances.

• RR Lyrae variableNarrower topic: RR Lyrae distances anchor measurements of nearby stellar systems and help calibrate other methods.

• Tully–Fisher relationNarrower topic: Tully–Fisher provides a rung for distances beyond the reach of stellar parallax.

• Period–luminosity relationNarrower topic: Cepheid luminosities anchor steps leading to measurements of the Hubble constant.

• Luminosity distanceNarrower topic: Luminosity distances connect calibrated source brightness to distances on cosmological scales.

• Star clusterNarrower topic: Calibrated cluster stars help establish distances within the Milky Way.

• High-Z Supernova Search TeamNarrower topic: The team’s supernova distances extended earlier distance-calibration methods to remote galaxies.

• Adam RiessNarrower topic: Supernova distances rely on calibration steps that connect them to direct measurements.

• Classical Cepheid variableNarrower topic: Cepheids connect geometric distance measurements to supernova-based estimates of cosmic distances.

• Instability stripNarrower topic: Strip variables provide rungs for measuring distances to galaxies.

• Faber–Jackson relationNarrower topic: The relation offered a way to estimate distances to elliptical galaxies.

• Sandra FaberNarrower topic: Galaxy scaling relations can help estimate distances beyond the reach of direct stellar measurements.

• SN 1972ENarrower topic: SN 1972E helped connect supernova measurements to the ladder's far-reaching distance scale.