J/ApJ/747/50ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/747/50doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.17470050CDSNgeow C.-C.2017-09-29T09:03:17Z2013-10-24T10:10:43ZCDS support team

CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France

cds-question@unistra.frstellar-distancevariable-starsastronomical-modelsIn this paper, we explore the possibility of using the Wesenheit function to derive individual distances to Galactic Cepheids, as the dispersion of the reddening-free Wesenheit function is smaller than the optical period-luminosity (P-L) relation. When compared to the distances from various methods, the averaged differences between our results and published distances range from -0.061 to 0.009, suggesting that the Wesenheit function can be used to derive individual Cepheid distances. We have also constructed Galactic P-L relations and selected Wesenheit functions based on the derived distances. A by-product from this work is the derivation of Large Magellanic Cloud distance modulus when calibrating the Wesenheit function. It is found to be 18.531+/-0.043 mag.2012ApJ...747...50Nhttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/747/50CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic serviceIsServedByConesearch servicerelated-toJ/A+A/550/A70 : Galactic & MC Cepheids distance (Groenewegen, 2013)J/AJ/142/136 : Spectroscopy of Cepheids. l=30-250{deg} (Luck+, 2011)J/AJ/142/51 : Galactic Cepheids abundance variations (Luck+, 2011)J/ApJ/715/277 : Insights into the Cepheid distance scale (Bono+, 2010)J/A+A/476/73 : Calibration of Cepheid P-L relation (Fouque+, 2007)J/A+A/404/423 : BVI photometry of Galactic Cepheids (Tammann+, 2003)J/A+AS/143/211 : Galactic Cepheids BVRI photometry (Berdnikov+, 2000)J/AJ/113/1073 : Abundances in Cepheid Variables (Fry+ 1997)http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/DDO/research/cepheids/ : the Galactic Cepheidhttps://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/747/50https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/747/50http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJ/747/50https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJ/747/50https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJ/747/50http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJ/747/50GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapCone search capability for table J/ApJ/747/50/table1 (Distance to Galactic Cepheids using the Wesenheit function)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/747/50/table1?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/747/50/table1?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJ/747/50/table1?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true292.3390011-7.04408610.0055555555555555565/9482 6/1239 1331 1340 1348 1388 1421 1426 1431 1432 1445 1625 1858 1920 3000 3005 3022 3033 3045 3054 3060 3239 3252 3255 3261 3263 3284 3304 3342 3361 3459 3599 3600 3601 3616 3627 3632 3641 3656 3712 3714 3849 4095 12846 12934 12963 12968 12970 12971 12987 13166 13201 13288 13309 13310 13931 13933 13961 13990 14009 14047 14205 14238 14239 14260 14262 14267 14271 14282 14283 14292 14295 14301 14303 14321 14323 14324 14328 14404 14407 14409 14411 14424 14427 14430 14431 14436 14445 14449 14453 14455 14457 14533 14601 14602 14607 14625 14634 14637 14640 14653 14690 14698 14709 14718 14736 14737 14770 15360 15388 15392 15396 15425 15429 15461 15585 15618 15620 15632 15633 15660 20827 21514 21542 21632 21648 21671 21679 21683 21686 22020 22044 22064 22068 22069 22071 22074 22106 22115 22116 22122 22124 22149 22169 22207 22214 22219 22221 22223 22227 22255 22267 22438 23619 23622 23635 23660 23662 23663 23669 23670 23778 23846 23852 23922 23936 24002 24146 24149 24153 24226 24326 24372 24411 24450 24453 24478 28717 28779 28808 28819 28831 28875 28893 28916 28991 29032 29081 29089 29095 29104 29110 29126 29166 29173 29216 29468 29533 29665 29772 29875 29897 30128 30211 30222 30223 30235 30245 30258 30265 30270 30307 30311 30321 30322 30333 30504 30580 30596 30609 30641 30646 32012 32064 32074 33804 37203 37223 37235 37240 37245 37247 37268 37273 37329 37330 37332 37334 37336 37340 37357 37364 37674 37713 37721 37723 37729 37741 37746 37757 37828 37829 37856 37859 37867 37870 37888 37897 37903 37904 37917 37923 37926 37927 37932 37934 37938 37939 37963 38016 38020 38022 38023 38024 38026 38029 38049 39125 39196 39217 39231 39232 39244 39271 39348 39374 39410 39416 39759 39766 39771 39790 39796 39886 39889 39891 39892 39908 39920 39930 39933 39935 40491 40494 40580 40608 41375 41383 41385 41455 41461 41556 41599 41605 41608 41631 41667 41673 41674 41681 41697 41698 41719 41721 41722 41737 41761 41762 41768 41810 41813 41833 41842 41862 42153 42155 42156 42185 42297 42352 42378 42445 42500 42820 43012 43013 43017 43022 43023 43028 43041 43047 43056 43057 430607.952274030004205e-20 2.6706780932288093e-19https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/moc/J/ApJ/747/50?format=asciidefaultJ/ApJ/747/50/table1Distance to Galactic Cepheids using the Wesenheit functionSimbadNameSimbad column added by the CDSmeta.idcharrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintNameName of Cepheidmeta.id;meta.maincharTypeType of Cepheid from GCVS (CEP, DCEP or DCEPS)meta.notecharlog(P)[0.16/1.84] log10 of the pulsating periodlog(d)time.periodfloatBmag[2.3/16.2]? The B band mean magnitude (1)magphot.mag;em.opt.BfloatnullableVmag[1.97/14.64] The V band mean magnitude (1)magphot.mag;em.opt.VfloatRmag? The R band mean magnitude (1)magphot.mag;em.opt.RfloatnullableImagThe I band mean magnitude (1)magphot.mag;em.opt.IfloatJmag[0.8/9.8]? The J band mean magnitude (1)magphot.mag;em.IR.JfloatnullableHmag? The H band mean magnitude (1)magphot.mag;em.IR.HfloatnullableKmag? The K band mean magnitude (1)magphot.mag;em.IR.KfloatnullableE(B-V)[0/1.678]? Extinction value (2)magphot.color.excessfloatnullable[Fe/H][-0.7/0.5]? Metallicity (3)log(Sun)phys.abund.ZfloatnullablemuW[5.56/16.18] Distance modulus calculated from Wesenheit Function (4)magphot.mag.distModfloatOCatCross-match with the Cat. J/A+AS/143/211, J/A+A/476/73 and J/AJ/142/136, within 3"meta.ref.urlintnullable_RAPositions from SIMBAD database (right ascension part)degpos.eq.ra;meta.main_DEPositions from SIMBAD database (declination part)degpos.eq.dec;meta.main