Multiple Choice
Which of the following lists distance indicators that are used to measure distances ranging from the very nearest to the very farthest?
A) Cepheids,parallax,main-sequence fitting,Type I supernovae
B) Parallax,main-sequence fitting,Cepheids,Type I supernovae
C) Parallax,main-sequence fitting,Type I supernovae,Cepheids
D) Main-sequence fitting,parallax,Cepheids,Type I supernovae
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