We determine Period-Luminosity relations for Milky Way Cepheids in the optical and near-IR bands. These relations can be used directly as reference for extra-galactic distance determination to Cepheid populations with solar metallicity, and they form the basis for a direct comparison with relations obtained in exactly the same manner for stars in the Magellanic Clouds, presented in an accompanying paper. In that paper we show that the metallicity effect is very small and consistent with a null effect, particularly in the near-IR bands, and we combine here all 111 Cepheids from the Milky Way, the LMC and SMC to form a best relation. We employ the near-IR surface brightness (IRSB) method to determine direct distances to the individual Cepheids after we have recalibrated the projection factor using the recent parallax measurements to ten Galactic Cepheids and the constraint that Cepheid distances to the LMC should be independent of pulsation period. We confirm our earlier finding that the projection factor for converting radial velocity to pulsational velocity depends quite steeply on pulsation period, p=1.550-0.186*log(P) in disagrement with recent theoretical predictions. We find PL relations based on 70 Milky Way fundamental mode Cepheids of Mk=-3.33(+/-0.09)(log(P)-1.0)-5.66(+/-0.03), Wvi=-3.26(+/-0.11)(log(P)-1.0)-5.96(+/-0.04). Combining the 70 Cepheids presented here with the results for 41 Magellanic Cloud Cepheids which are presented in an accompanying paper, we find Mk=-3.30(+/-0.06)(log(P)-1.0)-5.65(+/-0.02), Wvi=-3.32(+/-0.08)(log(P)-1.0)-5.92(+/-0.03). We delineate the Cepheid PL relation using 111 Cepheids with direct distances from the IRSB analysis. The relations are by construction in agreement with the recent HST parallax distances to Cepheids and slopes are in excellent agreement with the slopes of apparent magnitudes versus period observed in the LMC.
The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy, with physical properties inferred from various tracers informed by the extrapolation of structures seen in other galaxies. However, the distances of these tracers are measured indirectly and are model-dependent. We constructed a map of the Milky Way in three dimensions, based on the positions and distances of thousands of classical Cepheid variable stars. This map shows the structure of our Galaxy's young stellar population and allows us to constrain the warped shape of the Milky Way's disk. A simple model of star formation in the spiral arms reproduces the observed distribution of Cepheids.
In this 57th compilation of BAV results, photoelectric observations obtained in the year 2006 are presented on 389 variable stars giving 611 minima on eclipsing binaries and maxima on pulsating stars. All moments of minima and maxima are heliocentric. The errors are tabulated in column '+/-'. The values in column 'O-C' are determined without incorporation of nonlinear terms. The references are given in the section 'Remarks'. All information about photometers and filters are specified in the column 'Rem'. The observations were made at private observatories. The photoelectric measurements and all the light-curves with evaluations can be obtained from the office of the BAV for inspection.
In this 55th compilation of BAV results, photoelectric observations obtained in the years 2005 till 2006 are presented on 816 variable stars giving 1722 minima and maxima. All moments of minima and maxima are heliocentric. The values in column 'O-C' are determined without incorporation of nonlinear terms. The references are given in the section 'Remarks'. All information about photometers and filters are specified in the column 'Rem'. The observations were made at private observatories. The photoelectric measurements and all the lightcurves with evaluations can be obtained from the office of the BAV for inspection.
In this 63rd compilation of BAV results, photoelectric observations obtained in the year 2008 are presented on 380 variable stars giving 591 minima on eclipsing binaries and maxima on pulsating stars. All moments of minima and maxima are heliocentric. The errors are tabulated in column '+/-'. The values in column 'O-C' are determined without incorporation of nonlinear terms. The references are given in the section 'Remarks'. All information about photometers and filters are specified in the column 'Rem'. The observations were made at private observatories. The photoelectric measurements and all the light curves with evaluations can be obtained from the office of the BAV for inspection.
In this 60th compilation of BAV results, photoelectric observations obtained in the years 2007 are presented on 292 variable stars giving 399 minima on eclipsing binaries and maxima on pulsating stars. All moments of minima and maxima are heliocentric. The errors are tabulated in column '+/-'. The values in column 'O-C' are determined without incorporation of nonlinear terms. The references are given in the section 'Remarks'. All information about photometers and filters are specified in the column 'Rem'. The observations were made at private observatories. The photoelectric measurements and all the lightcurves with evaluations can be obtained from the office of the BAV for inspection.
In this 66th compilation of BAV results, photoelectric observations obtained in the years 2009 and 2010 are presented on 452 variable stars giving 838 minima on eclipsing binaries and maxima on pulsating stars. All moments of minima and maxima are heliocentric. The errors are tabulated in column '+/-'. The values in column 'O-C' are determined without incorporation of nonlinear terms.The references are given in the section 'Remarks'. All information about photometers and filters are specified in the column `Rem'. The observations were made at private observatories. The photoelectric measurements and all the light curves with evaluations can be obtained from the office of the BAV for inspection.
In this 58th compilation of BAV results, photoelectric observations obtained in the years 2006 and 2007 are presented on 473 variable stars giving 735 minima and maxima on eclipsing binaries and pulsating stars. All moments of minima and maxima are heliocentric. The errors are tabulated in column '+/-'. The values in column 'O-C' are determined without incorporation of nonlinear terms. The references are given in the section 'Remarks'. All information about photometers and filters are specified in the column 'Rem'. The observations were made at private observatories. The photoelectric measurements and all the light curves with evaluations can be obtained from the office of the BAV for inspection.
In this 65th compilation of BAV results, photoelectric observations obtained in the year 2009 are presented on 521 variable stars giving 871 minima on eclipsing binaries and maxima on pulsating stars. All moments of minima and maxima are heliocentric. The errors are tabulated in column '+/-'. The values in column 'O-C' are determined without incorporation of nonlinear terms. The references are given in the section 'Remarks'. All information about photometers and filters are specified in the column 'Rem'. The observations were made at private observatories. The photoelectric measurements and all the light curves with evaluations can be obtained from the office of the BAV for inspection.
In this 61th compilation of BAV results, photoelectric observations obtained in the year 2008 are presented on 299 variable stars giving 655 minima on eclipsing binaries and maxima on pulsating stars. All moments of minima and maxima are heliocentric.
