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Catalog Service:
Cepheid radial velocities

Short name: J/AJ/115/635
IVOA Identifier: ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/115/635
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): 10.26093/cds/vizier.51150635
Publisher: CDSivo://CDS[Pub. ID]
More Info: https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/AJ/115/635
VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Status: active
Registered: 1999 Dec 26 08:54:26Z
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Description


A catalog of Cepheid variables is used to probe the kinematics of the Galactic disk. Radial velocities are measured for eight distant Cepheids toward l=300{deg}; these new Cepheids provide a particularly good constraint on the distance to the Galactic center, R_0_. We model the disk with both an axisymmetric rotation curve and one with a weak elliptical component, and find evidence for an ellipticity of 0.043+/-0.016 near the Sun. Using these models, we derive R_0_=7.66+/-0.32kpc and v_circ_=237+/-12km/s. The distance to the Galactic center agrees well with recent determinations from the distribution of RR Lyrae variables and disfavors most models with large ellipticities at the solar orbit.

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About the Resource Providers

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Publisher: CDSivo://CDS[Pub. ID]

Creators:
Metzger M.R.Caldwell J.A.R.Schechter P.L.

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Status of This Resource

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Version: n/a
Availability: This is an active resource.
  • This service provides only public data.
Relevant dates for this Resource:
  • Updated: 2018 Jan 08 06:38:03Z
  • Created: 1999 Dec 26 08:54:26Z

This resource was registered on: 1999 Dec 26 08:54:26Z
This resource description was last updated on: 2021 Oct 21 00:00:00Z

What This Resource is About

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Resource Class: CatalogService
This resource is a service that provides access to catalog data. You can extract data from the catalog by issuing a query, and the matching data is returned as a table.
Resource type keywords:
  • Catalog
Subject keywords:
  • Radial velocity
  • Variable stars
Intended audience or use:
  • Research: This resource provides information appropriate for supporting scientific research.
More Info: https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/AJ/115/635 Literature Reference: 1998AJ....115..635M

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TAP VizieR generic service(IsServedBy) ivo://CDS.VizieR/TAP [Res. ID]
Conesearch service(IsServedBy)
J/A+AS/108/9 : Cepheids fundamental parameters I. (Bersier+, 1994) ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/108/9 [Res. ID]

Data Coverage Information

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Wavebands covered:

  • Optical

Rights and Usage Information

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Available Service Interfaces

Custom Service

This is service that does not comply with any IVOA standard but instead provides access to special capabilities specific to this resource.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Available endpoints for this service interface:
Custom Service

This is service that does not comply with any IVOA standard but instead provides access to special capabilities specific to this resource.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Available endpoints for this service interface:
  • URL-based interface: http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/AJ/115/635
Table Access Protocol - Auxiliary ServiceXX

This is a standard IVOA service that takes as input an ADQL or PQL query and returns tabular data.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Available endpoints for the standard interface:
  • http://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
Simple Cone SearchXXSearch Me

This is a standard IVOA service that takes as input a position in the sky and a radius and returns catalog records with positions within that radius.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Description:
Cone search capability for table J/AJ/115/635/table5 (Cepheid data)
Available endpoints for the standard interface:
  • http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/AJ/115/635/table5?
Maximum search radius accepted: 180.0 degrees
Maximum number of matching records returned: 50000
This service supports the VERB input parameter:
Use VERB=1 to minimize the returned columns or VERB=3 to maximize.


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