Distances, extinctions, and stellar parameters for stars in SkyMapper DR3

Jane Lin*, Luca Casagrande, Martin Asplund

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    Abstract

    We present a Bayesian isochrone fitting machinery to derive distances, extinctions, and stellar parameters (Teff, log g, and rm [Fe/H]) for stars in the SkyMapper data release 3 (DR3) survey. We complement the latter with photometry from Gaia, 2MASS, and AllWISE, in addition to priors on parallaxes and interstellar extinction. We find our results to be in agreement with smaller samples of literature values derived using spectroscopic/photometric method, with typical uncertainties of order 130 K in effective temperature and 0.2 dex in surface gravity and metallicity. We demonstrate the quality of our stellar parameters by benchmarking our results against various spectroscopic surveys. We highlight the potential that SkyMapper bears for stellar population studies showing how we are able to clearly differentiate metallicities along the Gaia red (∼-0.4 dex) and blue (∼-1.1 dex) sequences using both dwarf and giant stars.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)433-444
    Number of pages12
    JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
    Volume510
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2022

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