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(Aims) We present a number of improvements to the MILES library and stellar population models. We correct some small errors in the radial velocities of the stars, measure the spectral resolution of the library and models more accurately,…

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This paper describes the advantages and challenges of applying microelectromechanical accelerometer systems (MEMS accelerometers) in order to attain precise, accurate and stateless positioning of telescope mounts. This provides a completely…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 László Mészáros , Attila Jaskó , András Pál , Gergely Csépány

We present a method estimating the atmospheric parameters Teff, log g, [Fe/H] for stars observed, even at low signal to noise ratio, with the echelle spectrograph ELODIE on the 193cm telescope at Observatoire de Haute-Provence. The method…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Katz , C. Soubiran , R. Cayrel , M. Adda , R. Cautain

Considering features of stellar spectral radiation and survey explorers, we established a computational model for stellar effective temperatures, detected angular parameters, and gray rates. Using known stellar flux data in some band, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-28 Chuan-Xin Zhang , Yuan Yuan , Hao-Wei Zhang , Yong Shuai , He-Ping Tan

In this paper, we present a deep learning system approach to estimating luminosity, effective temperature, and surface gravity of O-type stars using the optical region of the stellar spectra. In previous work, we compare a set of machine…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-31 Miguel Flores R. , Luis J. Corral , Celia R. Fierro-Santillán , Silvana G. Navarro

This paper presents the basic principle and theoretical relationships of an original method allowing to retrieve the Wavefront Errors (WFE) of a ground or space-borne telescope when combining its main pupil with a second, decentered…

Optics · Physics 2011-05-19 Francois Henault

We develop a statistical test on the expected difference in age estimates of two coeval stars in detached double-lined eclipsing binary systems that are only caused by observational uncertainties. We focus on stars in the mass range [0.8;…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 G. Valle , M. Dell'Omodarme , P. G. Prada Moroni , S. Degl'Innocenti

Constraints on the formation and evolution of the Milky Way Galaxy require multi-dimensional measurements of kinematics, abundances, and ages for a large population of stars. Ages for luminous giants, which can be seen to large distances,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-03 Henry W. Leung , Jo Bovy , J. Ted Mackereth , Andrea Miglio

Aims. We aim at deriving stellar atmospheric parameters based on the photometric data from the Javalambre Photometric Local Universe Survey (J-PLUS) in addition to near-infrared photometry from the Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS).…

This study develops a robust framework for exoplanet characterization by leveraging asteroseismic constraints on host stars. Using precise photometric data from missions such as \textit{Kepler} and \textit{TESS}, we derive stellar…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-27 Wen-Xu Lin , Sheng-Bang Qian , Li-Ying Zhu , Wen-Ping Liao , Fu-Xing Li , Xiang-Dong Shi , Lin-Jia Li , Er-Gang Zhao

We present a method to simultaneously infer the interstellar extinction parameters $A_0$ and $R_0$, stellar effective temperature $T_{\rm eff}$, and distance modulus $\mu$ in a Bayesian framework. Using multi-band photometry from SDSS and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 R. J. Hanson , C. A. L. Bailer-Jones

We employ classical statistical methods of multivariate classification for the exploitation of the stellar content of the Hamburg/ESO objective prism survey (HES). In a simulation study we investigate the precision of a three-dimensional…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Norbert Christlieb , Lutz Wisotzki , Gerd Grasshoff

One may consider cross-correlation routines applied to stellar spectra as a way to determine not only the radial velocities but also to assess the properties of stellar atmospheres. We show that this is not the case. High value of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tomaz Zwitter , Ulisse Munari , Arnaud Siebert

We develop a prescription for estimating the interstellar medium oxygen abundances of distant star-forming galaxies using the ratio EWR_{23} formed from the equivalent widths of the [O II] 3727, [O III] 4959,5007 and Hbeta nebular emission…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Chip Kobulnicky , Andrew Phillips

The Eilers-Whittaker method for data smoothing effectiveness depends on the choice of the regularisation parameter, and automatic selection is a necessity for large datasets. Common methods, such as leave-one-out cross-validation, can…

Characterizing the fundamental parameters of stars from observations is crucial for studying the stars themselves, their planets, and the galaxy as a whole. Stellar evolution theory predicting the properties of stars as a function of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-29 Cecilia Garraffo , Pavlos Protopapas , Jeremy J. Drake , Ignacio Becker , Phillip Cargile

The aim of the present paper is to quantify the dependence of the estimates of luminosities and stellar mass of early-type galaxies on the different models and model parameters which can be used to analyze the observational data. The paper…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Marcella Longhetti , Paolo Saracco

Characterizing exoplanet host stars at a population level requires a method of homogeneously characterizing stellar properties across all spectral types. To this end, we have developed Metal Pipe, a new code for determining stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-19 Jared R. Kolecki , Lauren M. Weiss

Accurate determination of stellar atmospheric parameters and elemental abundances is crucial for Galactic archeology via large-scale spectroscopic surveys. In this paper, we estimate stellar atmospheric parameters -- effective temperature…

Understanding the formation and evolution of our Galaxy requires accurate distances, ages and chemistry for large populations of field stars. Here we present several updates to our spectro-photometric distance code, that can now also be…