The Cosmic Distance Ladder

Highlights

• ›Each rung calibrates the next, out to the horizon

Builds on

• The Hubble Constant

Knowledge connections

• Member of groupThe Cosmic Distance Ladder
• Associated withThe Hubble Constant
• Associated withRR Lyrae Stars
• Associated withTip of the Red Giant Branch
• Associated withSurface Brightness Fluctuations
• Associated withTully–Fisher Relation
• Associated withFaber–Jackson Relation
• Associated withWater Megamaser Distances
• Associated withSH0ES

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

  Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.