The distance scale and the young blue populous cluster NGC 1866 in the LMC

The young blue populous cluster NGC 1866 in the Large Magellanic Cloud is an object which is well suited for a comparison of several basic distance indicators including ZAMS-fitting, the Cepheid period-luminosity-(colour) relation, Baade-Wesselink analysis of the Cepheids and luminosity determination for the B-stars from Strömgren'suvby-H-photometry.A progress report on a project aimed at exploring these possibilities will be presented here.