Multiple Choice
Pulsating variable stars are useful in determining
A) the mass of a star for which the distance is known.
B) the temperature of a star for which we know the luminosity.
C) the radius of the bulge of our galaxy.
D) the distance to globular clusters.
E) the mass of the Milky Way galaxy.
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