We present fits to the broadband photometric spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of 158 eclipsing binaries (EBs) in the Tycho-2 catalog. These EBs were selected because they have highly precise stellar radii, effective temperatures, and in many cases metallicities previously determined in the literature, and thus have bolometric luminosities that are typically good to $\lesssim$ 10%. In most cases the available broadband photometry spans a wavelength range 0.4-10 $μ$m, and in many cases spans 0.15-22 $μ$m. The resulting SED fits, which have only extinction as a free parameter, provide a virtually model-independent measure of the bolometric flux at Earth. The SED fits are satisfactory for 156 of the EBs, for which we achieve typical precisions in the bolometric flux of $\approx$ 3%. Combined with the accurately known bolometric luminosity, the result for each EB is a predicted parallax that is typically precise to $\lesssim$ 5%. These predicted parallaxes---with typical uncertainties of 200 $μ$as---are 4-5 times more precise than those determined by Hipparcos for 99 of the EBs in our sample, with which we find excellent agreement. There is no evidence among this sample for significant systematics in the Hipparcos parallaxes of the sort that notoriously afflicted the Pleiades measurement. The EBs are distributed over the entire sky, span more than 10 mag in brightness, reach distances of more than 5 kpc, and in many cases our predicted parallaxes should also be more precise than those expected from the Gaia first data release. The EBs studied here can thus serve as empirical, independent benchmarks for these upcoming fundamental parallax measurements.
The Solar Neighborhood. XXII. Parallax Results from the CTIOPI 0.9m Program: Trigonometric Parallaxes of 64 Nearby Systems with 0\farcs5 $\leq μ\leq$ 1\farcs0 yr$^{-1}$ (SLOWMO sample)
本文给出了CTIO（Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory）正在进行的RECONS（Research Consortium On Nearby Stars）视差计划中64个自行在0 \farcs 5 yr $^{-1}$和1 \farcs 0 yr $^{-1}$之间的恒星系统的三角视差图。所有的系统都在DEC $= +30$以南，58个系统以前没有三角测量。除了系统的自行，我们提出了自行，约翰逊-克朗-金斯$VRI$测光，可变性测量，和光谱类型。九个系统是多个，我们目前的结果，其组件，其中三个是新的天体测量检测。在这64个系统中，有56个在太阳的25秒差距以内，其中52个在南半球，占已知的南半球25秒差距系统总数的5.7%。
We present trigonometric parallax and proper motion measurements for two T-type brown dwarfs. We derive our measurements from infrared laser guide star adaptive optics observations spanning five years from the ShaneAO/SHARCS and NIRC2/medium-cam instruments on the Shane and Keck telescopes, respectively. To improve our astrometric precision, we measure and apply a distortion correction to our fields for both instruments. We also transform the Keck and ShaneAO astrometric reference frames onto the ICRS using five-parameter parallax and proper motion solutions for background reference stars from…
Open star clusters in the Milky Way - Comparison of photometric and trigonometric distance scales based on Gaia TGAS data
银河系星团全球巡天（MWSC）是一个包含3061个天体的综合列表，其中提供了基于等时线拟合的星团距离等参数。Tycho-Gaia天体测量解决方案（TGAS）目录是Gaia数据发布1（Gaia DR 1）的一部分，为200多万颗恒星提供精确的三角视差测量，包括星团中的恒星。我们比较了疏散星团光度距离尺度与TGAS三角测量值之间的一致性。TGAS中可能星团成员的平均视差提供了疏散星团的三角距离标度，而光度标度则由MWSC公布的距离给出。64个集群适合比较，因为它们有超过16个可能的成员与视差测量TGAS。我们计算了可能成员的平均光弛度，并将其与MWSC中得出的光度光弛度进行了比较。我们发现一个很好的协议之间的三角TGAS为基础的和测光MWSC为基础的距离尺度的疏散星团，其中的距离小于2.3千秒差距符合在一个水平上约0.1 mas的距离没有依赖。如果真的存在的话，那么在$30^\circ$和$160^\circ$银经之间沿着银河系赤道有一个轻微的系统偏移。
Classical Cepheids (CCs) are at the heart of the empirical extragalactic distance ladder. Milky Way CCs are the only stars of this class accessible to trigonometric parallax measurements. Until recently, the most accurate trigonometric parallaxes of Milky Way CCs were the HST/FGS measurements collected by Benedict et al. (2002, 2007) and HST/WFC3 measurements by Riess et al. (2018). Unfortunately, the second Gaia data release (GDR2) has not yet delivered reliable parallaxes for Galactic CCs, failing to replace the HST as the foundation of the Galactic calibrations of the Leavitt law. We aim at…
Previous analyses of various standard candles observed by the Gaia satellite have reported statistically significant systematics in the parallaxes that have improved from $\sim$250 $μ$as in the first data release (DR1) to 50--80 $μ$as in the second data release (DR2). Here we examine the parallaxes newly reported in the Gaia early third data release (EDR3) using the same sample of benchmark eclipsing binaries (EBs) we used to assess the DR1 and DR2 parallaxes. We find a mean offset of $-37\pm20$ $μ$as (Gaia$-$EB), which decreases to $-15\pm18$ $μ$as after applying the corrections recommended b…
Dynamical masses of YSOs with the VLBA: DYNAMO VLBA: Trigonometric parallaxes and proper motions of YSOs in Orion
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie（马克斯·普朗克射电天文研究所）；Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México（墨西哥国立自治大学射电天文学与天体物理研究所）；Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Guanajuato（瓜纳华托大学天文学系）；Black Hole Initiative at Harvard University（哈佛大学黑洞倡议项目）；David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University（哈佛大学大卫·洛克菲勒拉丁美洲研究中心）；Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Florida（北佛罗里达大学物理与天文学系）；Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica（国家天体物理学、光学和电子学研究所）；Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo（圣保罗大学天文学、地球物理学和大气科学研究所）；National Radio Astronomy Observatory（美国国家无线电天文台）；Departament de Física Quàntica i Astrofísica (FQA), Universitat de Barcelona (UB)（巴塞罗那大学量子物理与天体物理学系）；Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (ICCUB), Universitat de Barcelona (UB)（巴塞罗那大学宇宙科学研究所）；Centre for Astrophysics Research, University of Hertfordshire（赫特福德大学天体物理研究中心）
Surface brightness -- colour relations (SBCRs) are very useful tools for predicting the angular diameters of stars. They offer the possibility to calculate very precise spectrophotometric distances by the eclipsing binary method or the Baade-Wesselink method. Double-lined Detached Eclipsing Binary stars (SB2 DEBs) with precisely known trigonometric parallaxes allow for a calibration of SBCRs with unprecedented precision. In order to improve such calibrations, it is important to enlarge the calibration sample of suitable eclipsing binaries with very precisely determined physical parameters. We …
The surface brightness -- colour relation (SBCR) is a basic tool in establishing precise and accurate distances within the Local Group. Detached eclipsing binary stars with accurately determined radii and trigonometric parallaxes allow for a calibration of the SBCRs with unprecedented accuracy. We analysed four nearby eclipsing binary stars containing late F-type main sequence components: AL Ari, AL Dor, FM Leo and BN Scl. We determined very precise spectroscopic orbits and combined them with high precision ground- and space-based photometry. We derived the astrophysical parameters of their co…
Stars with accurate and precise effective temperature (T$_{\rm eff}$) measurements are needed to test stellar atmosphere models and calibrate empirical methods to determine T$_{\rm eff}$. There are few standard stars currently available to calibrate temperature indicators for dwarf stars. Gaia parallaxes now make it possible, in principle, to measure T$_{\rm eff}$ for many dwarf stars in eclipsing binaries. We aim to develop a method that uses high-precision measurements of detached eclipsing binary stars, Gaia parallaxes and multi-wavelength photometry to obtain accurate and precise fundament…
We present new luminosity-metallicity (LZ; MV-[Fe/H] and MG-[Fe/H]) relations and, for the first time, empirical, Gaia three-band (G,GBP,GRP) period-Wesenheit-metallicity (PWZ) relations of RR Lyrae stars (RRLs) derived using a hierarchical Bayesian approach and new accurate parallaxes published for these variables in the Gaia Early Data Release 3 (EDR3). In a previous study we obtained Bayesian hierarchically-derived LZ relations from a sample of about four hundred Milky Way field RRLs with G-band light curves and trigonometric parallaxes published in the Gaia Data Release 2 (DR2), using V me…
We independently determine the zero-point offset of the Gaia early Data Release-3 (EDR3) parallaxes based on $\sim 110,000$ W Ursae Majoris (EW)-type eclipsing binary systems. EWs cover almost the entire sky and are characterized by a relatively complete coverage in magnitude and color. They are an excellent proxy for Galactic main-sequence stars. We derive a $W1$-band Period-Luminosity relation with a distance accuracy of $7.4\%$, which we use to anchor the Gaia parallax zero-point. The final, global parallax offsets are $-28.6\pm0.6$ $μ$as and $-25.4\pm4.0$ $μ$as (before correction) and $4.2…
Phemenological Modelling of a Group of Eclipsing Binary Stars
变星的唯象建模可以确定一组参数，这是在“变星总表“和类似的目录中进行分类所需要的。我们应用最近的方法NAV（“新大陵五变星”）的食双星的不同类型。虽然所有的周期函数都可以表示为具有无穷多个系数的傅里叶级数，但对于有限数量的观测值来说，这是不可能的。因此，可以使用限制傅里叶级数，即s阶的三角多项式（TP）来拟合光变曲线，或者进行周期图分析。然而，所需的参数的数量急剧增加的最小值的宽度减小。在NAV算法中，使用特殊形状的最小值，因此参数的数量被限制为10（如果周期和初始历元固定）或12（不固定）。我们说明了NAV方法的应用程序，最近发现的大陵型日食变量2 MASS J11080308-6145589（在以前已知的变星RS车领域），并比较使用TP拟合得到的结果。对于该系统，统计上最优的参数数量是44，但拟合仍然比NAV拟合差。应用于GSC 3692-00624系统的结果表明，即使对于具有更宽食面的EW型恒星，NAV拟合也优于TP拟合。列出模型参数。
The present work aims to build a new statistical distance scale for planetary nebulae (PNe) based on a rigorous calibration sample. The distances of the calibration sample are derived from the trigonometric parallax method using the recent measurements of Gaia early third data release (Gaia EDR3). The new distance scale is created by applying the well-known linear relationship between the radio surface brightness temperature and the nebular radius. The calibration sample is made up of 96 PNe of accurately computed distances with uncertainties less than $20\%$. Earlier ground- and space-based t…
$ζ$ Phoenicis is a bright binary system containing B6V and B8V stars. It has deep total and annular eclipses, a slightly eccentric orbit with a period of 1.669 d, apsidal motion and a third body on a wider orbit. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite light curve and published radial velocities of this system are analysed to determine masses of 3.91 +/- 0.06 Msun and 2.54 +/- 0.03 Msun and radii of 2.84 +/- 0.02 Rsun and 1.89 +/- 0.01 Rsun. The resulting distance to the system is in agreement with its trigonometric parallax. The physical properties of the stars, with the exception of the ef…
Results of an analysis of the BRITE-Constellation and SMEI photometry and radial-velocity observations, archival and new, of two single-lined spectroscopic binary systems $ν$ Centauri and $γ$ Lupi are reported. In the case of $γ$ Lup AB, a visual binary, an examination of the light-time effect shows that component A is the spectroscopic binary. Both $ν$ Cen and $γ$ Lup exhibit light variations with the orbital period. The variations are caused by the reflection effect, i.e. heating of the secondary's hemisphere by the early-B main sequence (MS) primary component's light. The modelling of the l…
Classical Cepheids provide the foundation for the empirical extragalactic distance ladder. Milky Way Cepheids are the only stars in this class accessible to trigonometric parallax measurements. However, the parallaxes of Cepheids from the second Gaia data release (GDR2) are affected by systematics because of the absence of chromaticity correction, and occasionally by saturation. As a proxy for the parallaxes of 36 Galactic Cepheids, we adopt either the GDR2 parallaxes of their spatially resolved companions or the GDR2 parallax of their host open cluster. This novel approach allows us to bypass…
