Calibration of the Tully-Fischer relation

It is an appropriate moment to reevaluate this method given the great deal of new information available. The major improvements described here include: (1) the template relations can now be defined by large, complete samples, (3) the samples are drawn from a wide range of environments, (3) the relations are defined by photometric information at the B, R, I, and K' bands, (4) the multiband information clarifies problems associated with internal reddening, (5) the template zero points are defined by 24 galaxies with accurately known distances, and (6) the relations are applied to 12 clusters scattered across the sky and out to velocities of 8000km/s.