- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/853/68
- Title:
- Multi-epoch VLBA imaging of 20 Tev blazars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/853/68
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present 88 multi-epoch Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) images (most at an observing frequency of 8GHz) of 20TeV blazars, all of the high-frequency-peaked BL Lac (HBL) class, that have not been previously studied at multiple epochs on the parsec scale. From these 20 sources, we analyze the apparent speeds of 43 jet components that are all detected at four or more epochs. As has been found for other TeV HBLs, the apparent speeds of these components are relatively slow. About two-thirds of the components have an apparent speed that is consistent (within 2{sigma}) with no motion, and some of these components may be stationary patterns whose apparent speed does not relate to the underlying bulk flow speed. In addition, a superluminal tail to the apparent speed distribution of the TeV HBLs is detected for the first time, with eight components in seven sources having a 2{sigma} lower limit on the apparent speed exceeding 1c. We combine the data from these 20 sources with an additional 18 sources from the literature to analyze the complete apparent speed distribution of all 38 TeV HBLs that have been studied with very long baseline interferometry at multiple epochs. The highest 2{sigma} apparent speed lower limit considering all sources is 3.6c. This suggests that bulk Lorentz factors of up to about 4, but probably not much higher, exist in the parsec-scale radio-emitting regions of these sources, consistent with estimates obtained in the radio by other means such as brightness temperatures. This can be reconciled with the high Lorentz factors estimated from the high-energy data if the jet has velocity structures consisting of different emission regions with different Lorentz factors. In particular, we analyze the current apparent speed data for the TeV HBLs in the context of a model with a fast central spine and a slower outer layer.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/154/184
- Title:
- Multiplicity of RV exoplanet host stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/154/184
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Given the frequency of stellar multiplicity in the solar neighborhood, it is important to study the impacts this can have on exoplanet properties and orbital dynamics. There have been numerous imaging survey projects established to detect possible low-mass stellar companions to exoplanet host stars. Here, we provide the results from a systematic speckle imaging survey of known exoplanet host stars. In total, 71 stars were observed at 692 and 880 nm bands using the Differential Speckle Survey Instrument at the Gemini-north Observatory. Our results show that all but two of the stars included in this sample have no evidence of stellar companions with luminosities down to the detection and projected separation limits of our instrumentation. The mass-luminosity relationship is used to estimate the maximum mass a stellar companion can have without being detected. These results are used to discuss the potential for further radial velocity follow-up and interpretation of companion signals.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/903/96
- Title:
- MUTA; the {mu}Tau Association
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/903/96
- Date:
- 15 Mar 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present an analysis of the newly identified {mu}Tau Association (MUTA) of young stars at ~150pc from the Sun that is part of the large Cas-Tau structure, coeval and comoving with the {alpha}Persei cluster. This association is also located in the vicinity of the Taurus-Auriga star-forming region and the Pleiades association, although it is unrelated to them. We identify more than 500 candidate members of MUTA using Gaia DR2 data and the BANYAN {Sigma} tool, and we determine an age of 62{+/-}7Myr for its population based on an empirical comparison of its color-magnitude diagram sequence with those of other nearby young associations. The MUTA association is related to the Theia 160 group of Kounkel & Covey and corresponds to the e Tau group of Liu et al. It is also part of the Cas-Tau group of Blaauw. As part of this analysis, we introduce an iterative method based on spectral templates to perform an accurate correction of interstellar extinction of Gaia DR2 photometry, needed because of its wide photometric bandpasses. We show that the members of MUTA display an expected increased rate of stellar activity and faster rotation rates compared with older stars, and that literature measurements of the lithium equivalent width of nine G0- to K3-type members are consistent with our age determination. We show that the present- day mass function of MUTA is consistent with other known nearby young associations. We identify WD0340+103 as a hot, massive white dwarf remnant of a B2 member that left its planetary nebula phase only 270000yr ago, posing an independent age constraint of 60_-6_^+8^ Myr for MUTA, consistent with our isochrone age. This relatively large collection of comoving young stars near the Sun indicates that more work is required to unveil the full kinematic structure of the complex of young stars surrounding {alpha} Persei and Cas-Tau.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/455/2337
- Title:
- M67 variable stars photometry
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/455/2337
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this paper, we continue the release of high-level data products from the multiyear photometric survey collected at the 67/92cm Schmidt Telescope in Asiago. The primary goal of the survey is to discover and to characterize variable objects and exoplanetary transits in four fields containing five nearby open clusters spanning a broad range of ages. This second paper releases a photometric catalogue, in five photometric bands, of the solar-age, solar-metallicity open cluster M 67 (NGC 2682). Proper motions are derived comparing the positions observed in 2013 at the Asiago's Schmidt Telescope with those extracted from Wide Field Imager@2.2m Max-Planck-Gesellschaft/European Southern Obseratory images in 2000. We also analyse the variable sources within M 67. We detected 68 variables, 43 of which are new detection. Variable periods and proper-motion memberships of a large majority of sources in our catalogue are improved with respect to previous releases. The entire catalogue will be available in electronic format. Besides the general interest on an improved catalogue, this work will be particularly useful because of: (1) the imminent release of Kepler/K2 Campaign-5 data of this clusters, for which our catalogue will provide an excellent, high spatial resolution input list, and (2) characterization of the M 67 stars which are targets of intense High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher and High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher for the Northern hemisphere radial-velocity surveys for planet search.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/581/A39
- Title:
- MWSC IV. 63 new open clusters
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/581/A39
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a list of 63 new open clusters that were found in the frame of the project Milky Way Star Clusters (MWSC). The target list was compiled as density enhancements using coordinates and proper motions from the 2MAst and UCAC4 catalogues. For confirmed clusters we determined a homogeneous set of astrophysical parameters such as membership, angular radii of the main morphological parts, proper motion, distance, reddening, age, tidal parameters, all based on 2MAst data.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/III/254
- Title:
- 2nd Cat. of Radial Velocities with Astrometric Data
- Short Name:
- III/254
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The catalogue of radial velocities of Galactic stars with high precision astrometric data, 2nd version (CRVAD-2), is the result of a merging of star lists from the All-Sky Compiled Catalogue of 2.5 Million Stars (ASCC-2.5, Cat. I/280) with the General Catalogue of Radial Velocities (GCRV, Cat. III/213) and with other recently published radial velocity lists and catalogues. Cross identification of objects was carried out with help of coordinate, magnitude, colour and/or spectral type criteria. Data from the Catalogue of Components of Double and Multiple Stars (CCDM, Cat. I/274) were taken into account for the identification of multiple system components. Altogether 54907 stars from the ASCC-2.5 were identified with 51762 stars from the RV source catalogues, 3085 stars have secondary components and 30 stars have 3rd components in multiple systems. The CRVAD-2 includes accurate J2000 equatorial coordinates, proper motions and trigonometric parallaxes in the Hipparcos system, Johnson's BV photometric data, spectral types, radial velocities, multiplicity and variability flags. Stars are sorted in the order of increasing right ascension J2000. This catalogue supersedes the previous version numbered <III/239>.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/862/173
- Title:
- Nearby low-mass stars proper motions
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/862/173
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper uses the multi-epoch astrometry from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) to demonstrate a method to measure proper motions and trigonometric parallaxes with precisions of ~4mas/yr and ~7mas, respectively, for low-mass stars and brown dwarfs. This method relies on WISE single exposures (Level 1b frames) and a Markov Chain Monte Carlo method. The limitations of Gaia in observing very low-mass stars and brown dwarfs are discussed, and it is shown that WISE will be able to measure astrometry past the 95% completeness limit and magnitude limit of Gaia (L, T, and Y dwarfs fainter than G~=19 and G=21, respectively). This method is applied to WISE data of 20 nearby (<=17pc) dwarfs with spectral types between M6-Y2 and previously measured trigonometric parallaxes. Also provided are WISE astrometric measurements for 23 additional low-mass dwarfs with spectral types between M6-T7 and estimated photometric distances <17pc. Only nine of these objects contain parallaxes within Gaia Data Release 2.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/615/A12
- Title:
- 24 nearby open clusters TGAS and HSOY reanalysis
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/615/A12
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have determined stellar membership based on astrometry, primarily from TGAS and HSOY, and multi-band photometry for 24 clusters within 333 pc. The fundamental cluster parameters (distance, age, and reddening) have been derived by fitting Padova isochrones (Bressan et al. 2012) to the cluster photometry using a chi-squared minimization.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/101
- Title:
- Nearest stars until 10pc
- Short Name:
- V/101
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The given catalogue is a revised version of the catalogue (Zakhozhaj, 1987). The previous numeration is preserved, and the stars, with trigonometric, photometric and spectral parallaxes >0.100" are presented. The catalogue contains data on new components of multiple visual systems, on the components of spectral-binary systems, on invisible components with masses >0.08 solar mass. New data are obtained in 90s and contained in the articles [2-6]. The catalogue contains the main characteristics of stars such as the positions, proper motions, radial velocities, parallaxes, photometrical data and also new data of masses and radii of stars. The completeness of the catalogue is about 70%.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/144/7
- Title:
- Near-IR imaging of Hipparcos astrometric binaries
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/144/7
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A subset of 51 Hipparcos astrometric binaries among FG dwarfs within 67pc has been surveyed with the Near-Infrared Coronagraphic Imager adaptive optics system at Gemini-S, directly resolving for the first time 17 subarcsecond companions and 7 wider ones. Using these data together with published speckle interferometry of 57 stars, we compare the statistics of resolved astrometric companions with those of a simulated binary population. The fraction of resolved companions is slightly lower than expected from binary statistics. About 10% of astrometric companions could be "dark" (white dwarfs and close pairs of late M-dwarfs). To our surprise, several binaries are found with companions too wide to explain the acceleration. Re-analysis of selected intermediate astrometric data shows that some acceleration solutions in the original Hipparcos catalog are spurious.
