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Simple distance estimates for Gaia DR2 stars with radial velocities

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2018-06-08 v2
Authors: Paul J. McMillan
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Abstract

We present Bayesian distance estimates for stars with radial velocities and parallaxes published in Gaia DR2. Our method and prior is designed to apply to this specific subset of stars in Gaia DR2.

Keywords

bayesian distance estimation gaia dr2 radial velocity parallax stellar distances

Cite

@article{arxiv.1806.00426,
  title  = {Simple distance estimates for Gaia DR2 stars with radial velocities},
  author = {Paul J. McMillan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.00426},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

RNAAS, accepted. Table of distances archived at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1268353, code archived at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1270547

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