New calibration of the Vilnius photometric system

The medium-band Vilnius photometric system with the mean wavelengths at 345 (U), 374 (P), 405 (X), 466 (Y), 516 (Z), 544 (V), and 656 (S) nm for many years was an important tool to determine interstellar reddenings and distances of single stars due to its ability to classify stars of all temperature...

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Published in:Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 2018-08, Vol.14 (A30), p.486-486
Main Authors: Maskoliunas, M., Zdanavičius, J., Čepas, V., Kazlauskas, A., Boyle, R. P., Zdanavičius, K., Černis, K., Milašius, K., Macijauskas, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Astronomy
Calibration
Celestial bodies
Contributed Papers
Empirical analysis
Evaluation
Giant stars
Interstellar extinction
Luminosity
Mathematical analysis
Outliers (statistics)
Parameters
Photoelectricity
Photometry
Physical properties
Spectra
Spectral classification
Spectroscopy
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Summary:The medium-band Vilnius photometric system with the mean wavelengths at 345 (U), 374 (P), 405 (X), 466 (Y), 516 (Z), 544 (V), and 656 (S) nm for many years was an important tool to determine interstellar reddenings and distances of single stars due to its ability to classify stars of all temperatures in spectral classes and luminosity classes in the presence of different interstellar reddenings. At present, Gaia DR2 presents distances to stars with an unprecedented accuracy at least up to 3 kpc. However, multicolor photometry, which allows the classification of stars as well as the preliminary determination of stellar temperatures, gravities, metallicities and interstellar reddenings, remains an important method for distant stars. Here we present an empirical calibration of the intrinsic color indices of the Vilnius system in terms of physical parameters of stars for dwarf and giant stars of spectral classes F-G-K-M. In any attempted photometric determination of physical parameters of stars it is important to have an extensive and homogeneous sample of spectroscopically determined parameters for stars for which there are also accurate photometric data. As a source catalogue for the Vilnius photometry the latest updated version of the Catalogue of Photoelectric Observations in the Vilnius System was used, which contains compilations from the published photometry for about 11 000 stars. The stars which had both the Gaia DR2 parallaxes and the determinations of stellar parameters from high-dispersion spectra were extracted from this catalogue. The final sample contains more than 1500 stars of spectral classes F-M. The majority of these stars (ca 70%) are not reddened, for others the values of interstellar reddening AV were determined using the regular techniques of photometric classification in the Vilnius system. The absolute magnitudes MV and consequently the luminosity classes were determined using Gaia DR2 parallaxes. We present the analytical expressions for the effective temperature Teff and surface gravity logg and evaluate the errors of solutions for dwarf and giant stars. To test the accuracy of the proposed method, we have compared our results with the stars observed by Gaia and with the stellar parameters available from the large spectroscopic surveys: APOGEE, Gaia-ESO, GALAH, LAMOST, RAVE and SEGUE. The results of comparison contain 5-6 % outliers. The proposed method allows the fast and straightforward evaluation of stellar physical parameters fo
ISSN:1743-9213
1743-9221
DOI:10.1017/S1743921319005179