Abstract
Several distance indicators are reflected against the potential of VLT. Distances to many galaxies, reliable peculiar motions, the accuracy of Ho, and even the determination of qo will enormously benefit from higher signal-to-noise and angular resolution, using mainly — in order of increasing range — RR Lyraes, Cepheids, brightest stars, globular clusters, novae, the rotation-luminosity relation of disk galaxies, the Dn-σ relation, SNe II, SNe Ia, and gravitational lenses.
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Labhardt, L., Tammann, G.A. (1995). Distance Indicators and the Expansion Field of the Universe. In: Walsh, J.R., Danziger, I.J. (eds) Science with the VLT. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49215-3_34
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