This is gaia_source from the Gaia Data Release 3, stripped to just
enough columns to enable basic science (but therefore a bit faster and
simpler to deal with than the full gaia_source table).
Note that on this server, there is also The gedr3dist.main, which
gives distances computed by Bailer-Jones et al. Use these in
preference to working with the raw parallaxes.
This server also carries the gedr3mock schema containing a simulation
of gaia_source based on a state-of-the-art galaxy model, computed by
Rybizki et al.
The full DR3 is available from numerous places in the VO (in
particular from the TAP services ivo://uni-heidelberg.de/gaia/tap and
ivo://esavo/gaia/tap).
This is a “light” version of the full Gaia DR2 gaia_source table,
containing the original astrometric and photmetric columns with just
enough additional information to let careful researchers notice when data
is becomes uncertain and the full error model should be consulted. The
full DR2 is available from numerous places in the VO (in particular from
the TAP services ivo://uni-heidelberg.de/gaia/tap and
ivo://esavo/gaia/tap).
This table also includes a column containing the Renormalized Unit Weight
Error RUWE (GAIA-C3-TN-LU-LL-124-01), a robust measure for the
consistency of the solution.
On this TAP service, there is the table gdr2dist.main containing
distances computed by Bailer-Jones et al (:bibcode:`2018AJ....156...58B`).
If in doubt, use these instead of the parallaxes provided here.
We here analyse a specific data-set: the extended GALAH dataset. This consists of stellar spectra from the GALAH survey (reduced as explained in Kos et al., 2017MNRAS.464.1259K), apparent magnitudes from a variety of photometric catalogues (AAVSO Photometric All Sky Survey - APASS; Henden et al. 2016, Cat. II/336, Gaia DR2; Gaia Collaboration et al. 2018, Cat. I/345. Two Micron All Sky Survey - 2MASS; Skrutskie et al. 2006, Cat. VII/233, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer - WISE; Wright et al. 2010, Cat. II/311), and the parallax measurements from Gaia DR2. The data provided in this catalogue are described in Table A.1 of the paper.
Geometric and photogeometric distances to 1.47 billion stars in Gaia
Early Data Release 3 (eDR3)
Short Name:
gedr3dist.main
Date:
27 Dec 2024 08:31:06
Publisher:
The GAVO DC team
Description:
We estimate the distance from the Sun to sources in Gaia eDR3 that have
parallaxes. We provide two types of distance estimate, together with
their corresponding asymmetric uncertainties, using Bayesian posterior
density functions that we sample for each source. Our prior is based
on a detailed model of the 3D spatial, colour, and magnitude
distribution of stars in our Galaxy that includes a 3D map of
interstellar extinction.
The first type of distance estimate is purely geometric, in that it only
makes use of the Gaia parallax and parallax uncertainty. This uses a
direction-dependent distance prior derived from our Galaxy model. The
second type of distance estimate is photogeometric: in addition to
parallax it also uses the source's G-band magnitude and BP-RP
colour. This type of estimate uses the geometric prior together with a
direction-dependent and colour-dependent prior on the absolute magnitude
of the star.
Our distance estimate and uncertainties are quantiles, so are invariant
under logarithmic transformations. This means that our median estimate
of the distance can be used to give the median estimate of the distance
modulus, and likewise for the uncertainties.
For applications that cannot be satisfied through TAP, you can download
a `full table dump`_.
.. _full table dump: /gedr3dist/q/download/form
The Guide Star Catalog 2 (GSC2) is an all sky multi-wavelength, multi-epoch object catalog based on 1 arcsec resolution scans of photographic sky survey plates from the Palomar and UK Schmidt Telescopes.
The main result catalog from the ESA Hipparcos satellite, obtained
November 1989 through March 1993. In the GAVO DC, several columns were
left out and all angles are given in degrees.
MAST-produced spectral container files for STIS spectra. STIS
spectra range from 1150 to 10,300 at low to medium spectral resolution, high
spatial resolution echelle spectroscopy in the ultraviolet. STIS began
operation in 1997. (Note the included echelle spectra are technically not
yet supported by the SSAP.)