J/MNRAS/440/2026ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/440/2026doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.74402026CDSVukotic B.Jurkovic M.Urosevic D.Arbutina B.2024-08-08T20:13:07Z2016-07-15T12:57:14ZCDS support team

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

cds-question@unistra.frastronomical-modelsstellar-distancevariable-starsplanetary-nebulaesupernova-remnantsWe present a method for distance calibration without using standard fitting procedures. Instead, we use random resampling to reconstruct the probability density function (PDF) of calibration data points in the fitting plane. The resulting PDF is then used to estimate distance-related properties. The method is applied to samples of radio surface brightness to diameter ({Sigma}-D}) data for the Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) and planetary nebulae (PNe), and period-luminosity (PL) data for the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) fundamental mode classical Cepheids. We argue that resulting density maps can provide more accurate and more reliable calibrations than those obtained by standard linear fitting procedures. For the selected sample of the Galactic SNRs, the presented PDF method of distance calibration results in a smaller average distance fractional error of up to ~16 percentage points. Similarly, the fractional error is smaller for up to ~8 and ~0.5 percentage points, for the samples of Galactic PNe and LMC Cepheids, respectively. In addition, we provide a PDF-based calibration data for each of the samples.2014MNRAS.440.2026Vhttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/440/2026CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic servicehttps://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/440/2026https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/440/2026http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/440/2026https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/MNRAS/440/2026https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/MNRAS/440/2026http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/MNRAS/440/2026GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapdefaultJ/MNRAS/440/2026/table2Calibrating values for distance determination for the Galactic {Sigma}-D relations (SNRs and PNe) and the PL relation (in the form of apparent magnitude m versus period P) for fundamental mode Cepheids in I and V bands, grid size is 10^2^x10^2^logPPeriodlog(d)time.periodfloatrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintlogSSSNRs sample surface brightnesslog(W.m**-2.Hz**-1.sr**-1)phot.mag.sbfloatD1S? SNRs sample Mode distance (with mode estimator)pcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatnullableD2S? SNRs sample Mean distance (with mean estimator)pcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatnullableD3S? SNRs sample Med. distance (with median estimator)pcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatnullablelogSPPNe sample surface brightnesslog(W.m**-2.Hz**-1.sr**-1)phot.mag.sbfloatD1P? PNe sample distance (with mode estimator)pcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatnullableD2P? PNe sample distance (with mean estimator)pcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatnullableD3P? PNe sample distance (with median estimator)pcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatnullableImag1? Cepheids sample I magnitude (with mode estimator)magphot.mag;em.opt.IfloatnullableImag2? Cepheids sample I magnitude (with mean estimator)magphot.mag;em.opt.IfloatnullableImag3? Cepheids sample I magnitude (with median estimator)magphot.mag;em.opt.IfloatnullableVmag1? Cepheids sample V magnitude (with mode estimator)magphot.mag;em.opt.VfloatnullableVmag2? Cepheids sample V magnitude (with mean estimator)magphot.mag;em.opt.VfloatnullableVmag3? Cepheids sample V magnitude (with median estimator)magphot.mag;em.opt.VfloatnullableJ/MNRAS/440/2026/table3Calibrating values for distance determination for the Galactic {Sigma}-D relations (SNRs and PNe) and the PL relation (in the form of apparent magnitude m versus period P) for fundamental mode Cepheids in I and V bands, grid size is 10^3^x10^3^recnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintlogSSSNRs sample surface brightnesslog(W.m**-2.Hz**-1.sr**-1)phot.mag.sbfloatD1S? SNRs sample Mode distance (with mode estimator)pcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatnullableD2S? SNRs sample Mean distance (with mean estimator)pcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatnullableD3S? SNRs sample Med. distance (with median estimator)pcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatnullablelogSPPNe sample surface brightnesslog(W.m**-2.Hz**-1.sr**-1)phot.mag.sbfloatD1P? PNe sample distance (with mode estimator)pcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatnullableD2P? PNe sample distance (with mean estimator)pcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatnullableD3P? PNe sample distance (with median estimator)pcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloatnullablelogPPeriodlog(d)time.periodfloatImag1? Cepheids sample I magnitude (with mode estimator)magphot.mag;em.opt.IfloatnullableImag2? Cepheids sample I magnitude (with mean estimator)magphot.mag;em.opt.IfloatnullableImag3? Cepheids sample I magnitude (with median estimator)magphot.mag;em.opt.IfloatnullableVmag1? Cepheids sample V magnitude (with mode estimator)magphot.mag;em.opt.VfloatnullableVmag2? Cepheids sample V magnitude (with mean estimator)magphot.mag;em.opt.VfloatnullableVmag3? Cepheids sample V magnitude (with median estimator)magphot.mag;em.opt.Vfloatnullable