Gaia SPSS variability monitoring Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Marinoni S.
  2. Pancino E.
  3. Altavilla G.
  4. Bellazzini M.
  5. Galleti S.,Tessicini G.
  6. Valentini G.
  7. Cocozza G.
  8. Ragaini S.
  9. Braga V.,Bragaglia A.
  10. Federici L.
  11. Schuster W.J
  12. Carrasco J.M.
  13. Castro A.,Figueras F.
  14. Jordi C.
  15. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present the results of the short-term constancy monitoring of candidate Gaia Spectrophotometric Standard Stars (SPSS). We obtained time series of typically 1.24 hour - with sampling periods from 1-3 min to a few hours, depending on the case - to monitor the constancy of our candidate SPSS down to 10mmag, as required for the calibration of Gaia photometric data. We monitored 162 out of a total of 212 SPSS candidates. The observing campaign started in 2006 and finished in 2015, using 143 observing nights on nine different instruments covering both hemispheres. Using differential photometry techniques, we built light curves with a typical precision of 4 mmag, depending on the data quality. As a result of our constancy assessment, 150 SPSS candidates were validated against short term variability, and only 12 were rejected because of variability including some widely used flux standards such as BD+174708, SA 105-448, 1740346, and HD 37725.

Keywords
  1. Standard stars
  2. Variable stars
  3. Infrared photometry
  4. Optical astronomy
  5. Wide-band photometry
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2016MNRAS.462.3616M
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/462/3616
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/462/3616

Access

Web browser access HTML
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/462/3616
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/462/3616
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/462/3616
IVOA Table Access TAP
http://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
Run SQL-like queries with TAP-enabled clients (e.g., TOPCAT).
IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/462/3616/table3?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/462/3616/table3?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/462/3616/table3?

History

2016-11-14T08:20:18Z
Resource record created
2016-11-14T08:20:18Z
Created
2017-10-16T14:58:20Z
Updated

Contact

Name
CDS support team
Postal Address
CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
E-Mail
cds-question@unistra.fr