Voyager 2 Plasma Wave Science, Raw Waveforms, Entire Mission
Collection
Short Name:
voyager2_pws_wf.
Date:
25 Apr 2025 02:03:29
Publisher:
Planetary Data System
Description:
This collection contains Voyager 2 Plasma Wave Spectrometer (PWS) raw
waveform data and documentation for all available telemetry frames
from (SCET) 1979-04-28T07:59:16.710Z through 2006-03-07T08:48:04.778Z.
Voyager PRA (Planetary Radio Astronomy) Datasets catalog. The dataset
are originally published by several data centers: NASA/PDS,
NASA/NSSDC, NASA/GSFC, Univ. Iowa and CNES/SERAD.
The Voyager 1 PWS Electric Waveforms Data Collections contains raw
full resolution waveform data consisting of electric field waveform
samples from the Voyager 1 Plasma Wave Science waveform receiver
obtained during the entire mission.
VPDs and CMDs of Berkeley32, Berkeley98 and King23
Short Name:
J/AJ/161/102
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Using the photometric and kinematical data from Gaia Data Release 2, three old open clusters namely Berkeley32 (Be32), Berkeley98 (Be98), and King23 are investigated. The latter two of these clusters are poorly studied in the literature. The numbers of the most probable cluster members are 563, 260, and 114 for Be32, Be98, and King23, respectively, with membership probabilities higher than 80% and lying within the clusters limiting radii. Mean proper motions (PMs; {mu}_{alpha}_cos_{delta}_ and {mu}_{delta}_) of the clusters are determined as (-0.34{+/-}0.008, -1.60{+/-}0.006), (-1.34{+/-}0.007, -3.22{+/-}0.008), and (-0.46{+/-}0.009, -0.87{+/-}0.012)mas/yr. The errors mentioned in the PMs are the Gaussian fitting errors. The blue straggler stars (BSS) in all three old clusters were found to exhibit centralized radial distribution. The clusters' radii are determined as 9.4', 12.95', and 6.6' for Be32, Be98, and King23 using radial density profiles. Ages of the clusters determined by isochrone fitting are 4.90{+/-}0.22, 3.23{+/-}0.15, and 1.95{+/-}0.22Gyr. The errors given in the clusters ages are the internal errors. The mass function slopes are found to be flatter than Salpeter's value for all three clusters. All three clusters are found to be dynamically relaxed. Galactic orbits are derived for these clusters, which demonstrate that the studied clusters follow a circular path around the Galactic center.
The orbit and fundamental physical parameters of the double-lined eclipsing binary V505 Per are derived by means of Echelle high-resolution and high S/N spectroscopy, and B, V photometry. In addition, effective temperatures, gravities, rotational velocities, and metallicities of both components are also obtained from atmospheric chi^2^ analysis, showing an excellent match with the results of the orbital solution.
We present a photometric study of a weak-contact binary V873 Per. New observations in BVR filter bands showed asymmetric light curves to be a negative type of the O'Connell effect, which can be described by magnetic activity of a cool spot on the more massive component. Our photometric solutions showed that V873 Per is a W-type with a mass ratio of q=2.504(+/-0.0029), confirming the results of Samec et al. (2009IBVS.5901....1S). The derived contact degree was found to be f=18.10%(+/-1.36%). Moreover, our analysis found the cyclic variation with the period of about 4yr that could be due to existence of the third companion in the system or the mechanism of magnetic activity cycle in the binary. While available data indicated that the long-term orbital period tends to be stable rather than decreasing.
Outline of a project aimed at testing the presence of rapid line-profile variations in the atmospheres of hot components of close binaries is presented and its first results are described. An analysis of new electronic spectra of the eclipsing binary V436 Per from three observatories and of photoelectric observations, obtained earlier by several authors, leads to a unique determination of all basic physical elements of this interesting object. The first practical application of a new method of spectral disentangling allowed us to obtain, for the first time, individual accurate line profiles of both binary components and to derive their rotational velocities and orbital radial-velocity curves. We also detected absorption sub-features travelling from blue to red accross the He I 6678 line profile, in a series of six spectra taken during one night. At least one of the components of V436 Per is, therefore, a new hot line-profile variable.
An analysis of new spectroscopic and photoelectric UBV observations, satisfactorily covering the whole orbital period of V436 Per, together with existing data allowed us to improve the knowledge of the basic physical characteristics of the binary and its components. In several aspects, our new results differ from the findings of Paper I (Harmanec et al., 1997, Cat. <J/A+A/319/867>) of this series: In particular, we found that it is the star eclipsed in the secondary minimum which is slightly more massive and larger than the optical primary. We also conclude that the apsidal advance -- if present at all -- is much slower than that estimated in a previous study. The orbital period might be increasing by 0.28 s per year but also this finding is very uncertain and needs verification by future observations. It is encouraging to note that two completely independent sets of programs for light-curve solutions lead to identical results. A notable finding is that both binary components rotate with very similar -- if not identical -- rotational periods of 1.45d and 1.40d, much shorter than what would correspond to a 10.9d spin-orbit synchronization period at periastron. Rapid line-profile changes reported earlier could not be confirmed from new, dedicated series of high-resolution and S/N spectra.