Published in "Formation of Structure in the Universe", Eds. A. Dekel and J. Ostriker , 1999, Cambridge University Press

ABSTRACT. Six of the principal galaxy distance indicators are discussed: Cepheid variables, the Tully-Fisher relation, the D_n - σ relation, Surface Brightness Fluctuations, Brightest Cluster Galaxies, and Type Ia Supernovae. The role they play in peculiar velocity surveys and Hubble constant determination is emphasized. Past, present, and future efforts at constructing catalogs of redshift-independent distances are described. The chapter concludes with a qualitative overview of Malmquist and related biases.

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• Peculiar Velocities versus H₀
• Distance Indicators
• CEPHEID VARIABLES
• THE TULLY-FISHER RELATION FOR SPIRAL GALAXIES
• The TF Relation and Galaxy Structure
• Applying the TF Relation: A Few Details
• The TF Scatter
• Future Directions
• THE D_n - σ AND FUNDAMENTAL PLANE RELATIONS FOR ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES
• SURFACE BRIGHTNESS FLUCTUATIONS
• Calibration of SBF
• Results from SBF Surveys
• SUPERNOVAE
• BRIGHTEST CLUSTER GALAXIES
• REDSHIFT-DISTANCE CATALOGS
• MALMQUIST AND OTHER BIASES
• SUMMARY
• REFERENCES