Multiple Choice
Which of the following lists distance indicators from nearest to farthest?
A) Cepheids, parallax, spectroscopic parallax, Type Ia supernovae
B) parallax, spectroscopic parallax, Cepheids, Type Ia supernovae
C) parallax, spectroscopic parallax, Type Ia supernovae, Cepheids
D) spectroscopic parallax, parallax, Cepheids, Type Ia supernovae
E) Cepheids, Type Ia supernovae, spectroscopic parallax, parallax
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