- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/830/17
- Title:
- Galactic Center secondary IR astrometric standards
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/830/17
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new, more precise measurements of the mass and distance of our Galaxy's central supermassive black hole, Sgr A*. These results stem from a new analysis that more than doubles the time baseline for astrometry of faint stars orbiting Sgr A*, combining 2 decades of speckle imaging and adaptive optics data. Specifically, we improve our analysis of the speckle images by using information about a star's orbit from the deep adaptive optics data (2005-2013) to inform the search for the star in the speckle years (1995-2005). When this new analysis technique is combined with the first complete re-reduction of Keck Galactic Center speckle images using speckle holography, we are able to track the short-period star S0-38 (K-band magnitude=17, orbital period=19yr) through the speckle years. We use the kinematic measurements from speckle holography and adaptive optics to estimate the orbits of S0-38 and S0-2 and thereby improve our constraints of the mass (M_bh_) and distance (R_o_) of SgrA*: M_bh_=(4.02+/-0.16+/-0.04)x10^6^M_{sun}_ and 7.86+/-0.14+/-0.04kpc. The uncertainties in M_bh_ and R_o_ as determined by the combined orbital fit of S0-2 and S0-38 are improved by a factor of 2 and 2.5, respectively, compared to an orbital fit of S0-2 alone and a factor of ~2.5 compared to previous results from stellar orbits. This analysis also limits the extended dark mass within 0.01 pc to less than 0.13x10^6^M_{sun}_ at 99.7% confidence, a factor of 3 lower compared to prior work.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/413/771
- Title:
- Galaxies in the Tycho-2 catalogue
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/413/771
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The accuracy of the link of the proper motion system of astrometric satellite missions like AMEX and GAIA is discussed. Monte-Carlo methods were used to simulate catalogues of positions and proper motions of quasars and galaxies to test the link. The main conclusion is, that future satellite missions like GAIA may be "self-calibrated" by their measurements of QSOs, while additional measurements from radio stars or HST-data are needed to calibrate the less deep reaching astrometric satellite missions of AMEX type.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/140/89
- Title:
- Galaxy coordinates. II
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/140/89
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using images of the Digitized Sky Survey we measured coodinates for 17298 galaxies having poorly defined coordinates. As a control, we measured with the same method 1522 galaxies having accurate coordinates. The comparison with our own measurements shows that the accuracy of the method is about 6 arcsec on each axis (RA and DEC).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/SoSyR/50.344
- Title:
- Galilean moons & Jupiter positions
- Short Name:
- J/other/SoSyR/50
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Observational results are presented for Jupiter and its Galilean moons from the Normal Astrograph at Pulkovo Observatory in 2013-2015. The following data are obtained: 154 positions of the Galilean satellites and 47 calculated positions of Jupiter in the system of the UCAC4 (ICRS, J2000.0) catalogue; the differential coordinates of the satellites relative to one another are determined. The mean errors of the satellites normal places in right ascension and declination over the entire observational period are, respectively: (eps)RA=0.0065" and (eps)DE=0.0068", and their standard deviations are (sigm)RA=0.0804" and (sigm)DE=0.0845". The equatorial coordinates are compared with planetary and satellite motion theories. The average (O-C) residuals in the two coordinates relative to the motion theories are 0.05" or less. The best agreement with the observations is achieved by a combination of the EPM2011m and V. Lainey-V.2.0|V1.1 motion theories; the average (O-C) residuals are 0.03" or less. The (O-C) residuals for the features of the positions of Io and Ganymede are comparable with measurement errors. Jupiter's positions calculated from the observations of the satellites and their theoretical jovicentric coordinates are in good agreement with the motion theories. The (O-C) residuals for Jupiter's coordinates are, on average, 0.027" and -0.025" in the two coordinates.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/SoSyR/52.312
- Title:
- Galilean moons positions
- Short Name:
- J/other/SoSyR/52
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Results of the Galilean moons observationals taken with Normal Astrograph of the Pulkovo Observatory in 2016-2017 are presented. 761 positions of the Galilean moons of Jupiter in the system of the Gaia DR1 catalog (ICRF, J2000.0) and 854 differential coordinates of the satellites relative to each other were obtained. The mean errors in the satellites' normal places and the corresponding root-mean-square deviations are (eps)RA=0.0020", (eps)DE=0.0027", (sigm)RA=0.0546", and (sigm)DE=0.0757". The equatorial coordinates of the moons are compared to the motion theories of planets and satellites. On average, the (O-C) residuals in the both coordinates relative to the motion theories are less than 0.031". The best agreement with observations is achieved by a combination of the EPM2015 and V. Lainey-V.2.0|V1.1 motion theories, which yields the average (O-C) residuals of approximately 0.02". Peculiarities in the behavior of the (O-C) residuals and error values in Ganymede have been noticed.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/SoSyR/49.383
- Title:
- Galilean satellites & Jupiter positions
- Short Name:
- J/other/SoSyR/49
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- For observational period of 2009-2011 we have obtained 140 positions of Galilean satellites and 42 calculated positions of Jupiter in the system of UCAC4 catalogue (ICRS, J2000.0). Accuracy estimation gives error of mean position as 0.02-0.04". The resulting equatorial coordinates satellites were compared with the eight contemporary theories of the motion of planets and satellites. On average, the (O-C) residuals in both coordinates do not exceed 0.08" relative to all theories of motion. Comparison of the calculated equatorial coordinates of Jupiter (were obtained from observations of galilean satellites) with the INPOP10 theory of planetary motion has shown satisfactory results. The average deviations were obtained respectively (O-C)RA=0.040" and (O-C)DE=-0.053". This work was supported by the Program 22 of the Presidium of RAS and RFBR grant (12-02-00675-a).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/532/A36
- Title:
- Galilean satellites mutual events in 2009
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/532/A36
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Photometry of mutual events between natural satellites has been verified to be a most effective and accurate ground-based method for obtaining accurate astrometric data through fitting the light curves observed during these events, and it will be valuable to develop the orbital models of the natural satellites. Mutual occultations of J2 Europa by J1 Io (Aug 28, 2009), J1 Io by J2 Europa (Nov 9 and Dec 11, 2009) and J1 Io by J3 Ganymede (Nov 28, 2009) were observed at Yunnan Observatory during the PHEMU09 international campaign. We will calculate the astrometric data of satellites by analyzing and fitting the light curves we got. The same model proposed by N.V. Emelianov (2003SoSyR..37..314E) was used to fit the light curves, with the Lommel-Seeliger scattering law taking into account. Dynamical quantities, such as the deviation of the observed relative satellite motion from the theoretical motion provided by the relevant ephemeris denoted as Dx and Dy, impact parameter and mid-time corresponding to the impact parameter, were obtained for each event respectively. These results have an accuracy of about several mas to 90mas for Dx and Dy and 0.31-2.97s for mid-time. The residuals in determination of longitude shifts (delta(l1) for J1 Io and delta(l2) for J2 Europa) explaining the shifts of the mid-times of the events, were also calculated in the section of discussion which is around 10km with the best ephemerides.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/I/180
- Title:
- General Catalogue of Stars
- Short Name:
- I/180
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The general Catalogue reported here has been Compiled on the basis of the preliminary catalogues consisting of the long series observations of the fundamental programs (mainly of FK4 stars) of the Mark I photoelectric astrolabe of Shaanxi Astronomical Observatory and Mark II photoelectric astrolobes of Beijing, Shanghai and Yunnan Astronomical Observatories, together with a large amount of observations of catalogue stars carried out in Beijing, Shanghai and Shaanxi, as well as 4 preliminary catalogues of Danjon's astrolabes derived from the observations of OPL No.14 of Shanghai, No.30 of Beijing and No.29 of Wuchang. With magnitudes ranging from 0.1 to 7.2, the GCPA consists of 1579 stars. The declinations are from -3.6 degree to 68.8 degree, in which 642 are FK4 stars. The mean precisions of position corrections are 3.3 ms and 0.058" in right ascension and declination, respectively. The mean epoch of GCPA is 1987.8.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/I/113A
- Title:
- General Catalogue of 33342 stars (GC)
- Short Name:
- I/113A
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The GC is a catalog of standard positions and proper motions for (all) stars brighter than magnitude 7, extending from the north to south celestial poles. Several thousand additional stars promising to yield reasonably accurate proper motions were included in the catalog. The objectives of the work were to provide standard positions and motions of accuracy limited only by the character and abundance of the observational material upon which the data were based and thus to provide a rich supply of data to promote research in many astronomical fields. The machine version of the GC includes both The Henry Draper Catalogue and Durchmusterung identifications for all stars, although the published GC contains only one or the other. The 1985 version corrected many errors present in a previous machine version and included probable errors for the positions and centennial proper motions (not present in the previous version). In this version decimal points have been aligned for all but a very few of the secular variations and third terms. These quantities are given with the same precision as in the printed catalog, and the coded spectral types have been omitted. The following quantities are included in the machine but not the published version: galactic coordinates and DM numbers. The following data are in the published but not the machine version: centennial increments of proper motion in right ascension and declination, probable errors of the right ascension and declination at 1950.0, and remarks. The documentation supplied with the machine catalog gives a byte-by-byte format description, indigenous catalog characteristics, code explanation tables, and changes incorporated to produce this and previous Astronomical Data Center versions.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/117A
- Title:
- Geneva-Copenhagen Survey of Solar neighbourhood
- Short Name:
- V/117A
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- (from paper II, 2007) Ages, metallicities, space velocities, and Galactic orbits of stars in the Solar neighbourhood are fundamental observational constraints on models of galactic disk evolution. Understanding and minimising systematic errors and sample selection biases in the data is crucial for their interpretation. We aim to consolidate the calibrations of uvbyb photometry into T_eff_, [Fe/H], distance, and age for F and G stars and rediscuss the results of the Geneva-Copenhagen Survey (GCS, Nordstrom et al., 2004, paper I) in terms of the evolution of the disk. We use recent V-K photometry, angular diameters, high-resolution spectroscopy, Hipparcos parallaxes, and extensive numerical simulations to re-examine and verify the temperature, metallicity, distance, and reddening calibrations for the uvbyb system. We also highlight the selection effects inherent in the apparent-magnitude limited GCS sample. We substantially improve the T_eff_ and [Fe/H] calibrations for early F stars, where spectroscopic temperatures have large systematic errors. A slight offset of the GCS photometry and the non-standard helium abundance of the Hyades invalidate its use for checking metallicity or age scales; however, the distances, reddenings, metallicities, and age scale for GCS field stars require minor corrections only. Our recomputed ages are in excellent agreement with the independent determinations by Takeda et al. (2007ApJS..168..297T), indicating that isochrone ages can now be reliably determined. The revised G-dwarf metallicity distribution remains incompatible with closed-box models, and the age-metallicity relation for the thin disk remains almost flat, with large and real scatter at all ages sigma_intrinsic=0.20 dex). Dynamical heating of the thin disk continues throughout its life; specific in-plane dynamical effects dominate the evolution of the U and V velocities, while the W velocities remain random at all ages. When assigning thick and thin-disk membership for stars from kinematic criteria, parameters for the oldest stars should be used to characterise the thin disk.
