Preprint typeset using LATEX style emulateapj v. 05/12/14 A NEW CEPHEID DISTANCE MEASUREMENT AND METHOD FOR NGC 6822*

We present a revised distance to the nearby galaxy NGC 6822 using a new multi-band fit to both previously published and new optical, near- and mid-infrared data for Cepheid variables. The new data presented in this study include multi-epoch observations obtained in 3.6 µm and 4.5 µm with the Spitzer Space Telescope taken for the Carnegie Hubble Program. We also present new observations in J, H and Ks with FourStar on the Magellan Baade telescope at Las Campanas Observatory. We determine mean magnitudes and present new period-luminosity relations in V, I, J, H, Ks, IRAC 3.6 µm and 4.5 µm. In addition to using the multi-band distance moduli to calculate extinction and a true distance, we present a new method for determining an extinction-corrected distance modulus from multi-band data with varying sample sizes. We combine the distance moduli and extinction for individual stars to determine E(B − V) = 0.35 ± 0.04 and a true distance modulus µo = 23.38 ± 0.02stat ± 0.04sys