QUEST RR Lyrae Survey III. Low Galactic latitude

DOI

We present results for the QUEST RR Lyrae Survey at low Galactic latitude, conducted entirely with observations obtained with the QUEST mosaic camera and the 1.0/1.5-m Jurgen Stock Schmidt telescope at the National Observatory of Venezuela. The survey spans an area of 476deg^2^ on the sky, with multi-epoch observations in the V, R and I photometric bands for 6.5x10^6^ stars in the Galactic latitude range -30{deg}<=b<=+25{deg}, in a direction close to the Galactic anticentre 190{deg}<=l~95 and ~85 per cent for RRab and RRc stars, respectively. Photometric metallicities were computed based on the light curves and individual extinctions calculated from minimum light colours for each RRab star. Distances were obtained with typical errors ~7 per cent. The RR Lyrae survey simultaneously spans a large range of heliocentric distances 0.5<=R_hel_(kpc)<=40 and heights above the plane -15<=z(kpc)<=+20, with well-known completeness across the survey area, making it an ideal set for studying the structure of the Galactic thick disc.

Cone search capability for table J/MNRAS/427/3374/RRab (RRab stars: light-curve parameters (table 6), distances and metallicities (table 8))

Cone search capability for table J/MNRAS/427/3374/table7 (Light curve parameters for RRc stars)

Cone search capability for table J/MNRAS/427/3374/table2 (Magnitudes for second-order photometric standards)

Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.74273374
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/427/3374
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Provenance
Creator Mateu C.; Vivas A.K.; Downes J.J.; Briceno C.; Zinn R.; Cruz-Diaz G.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2013
Rights https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.html
OpenAccess true
Contact CDS support team <cds-question(at)unistra.fr>
Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy