Astr 323 January 25, 2002  

Abundances

Late-type v. early-type galaxies

Mapping the Milky Way

A good distance indicator?

Pathways to Extragalactic Distances

Main sequence fitting

Extragalactic distance scale

600 Myr theoretic isochrones

Pleiades v. Praesepe and alpha Per

Discrepancies

Halo star calibration

Metal-poor stars

Metal-poor globular clusters

Standard candles

Basis of P-L relation

Observational nitty-gritty details