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Title:
The Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): First Data Release
Authors:
Steinmetz, M.; Zwitter, T.; Siebert, A.; Watson, F. G.; Freeman, K. C.; Munari, U.; Campbell, R.; Williams, M.; Seabroke, G. M.; Wyse, R. F. G.; Parker, Q. A.; Bienaymé, O.; Roeser, S.; Gibson, B. K.; Gilmore, G.; Grebel, E. K.; Helmi, A.; Navarro, J. F.; Burton, D.; Cass, C. J. P.; Dawe, J. A.; Fiegert, K.; Hartley, M.; Russell, K. S.; Saunders, W.; Enke, H.; Bailin, J.; Binney, J.; Bland-Hawthorn, J.; Boeche, C.; Dehnen, W.; Eisenstein, D. J.; Evans, N. W.; Fiorucci, M.; Fulbright, J. P.; Gerhard, O.; Jauregi, U.; Kelz, A.; Mijović, L.; Minchev, I.; Parmentier, G.; Peñarrubia, J.; Quillen, A. C.; Read, M. A.; Ruchti, G.; Scholz, R.-D.; Siviero, A.; Smith, M. C.; Sordo, R.; Veltz, L.; Vidrih, S.; von Berlepsch, R.; Boyle, B. J.; Schilbach, E.
Affiliation:
AA(Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, An der Sterwarte 16, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany.), AB(Department of Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, Ljubljana, Slovenia.), AC(Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, An der Sterwarte 16, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany.; Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85287-0065.), AD(Anglo-Australian Observatory, P.O. Box 296, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia.), AE(Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Cotter Road, Weston Creek, Canberra, ACT 72611, Australia.), AF(INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Via dell'Osservatorio 8, Asiago I-36012, Italy.), AG(Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.), AH(Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Cotter Road, Weston Creek, Canberra, ACT 72611, Australia.), AI(Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK.), AJ(Johns Hopkins University, 366 Bloomberg Center, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218.), AK(Anglo-Australian Observatory, P.O. Box 296, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia.; Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.), AL(Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 Rue de L'Université, 67000 Strasbourg, France.), AM(Astronomische RechenInstitut, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany.), AN(University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, UK.), AO(Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK.), AP(Astronomisches Institut, Universität Basel, Venusstrasse 7, Binningen CH-4102, Switzerland.), AQ(Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen, Postbus 800, 9700 AV Groningen, Netherlands.), AR(University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3055, Station CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6, Canada.), AS(Anglo-Australian Observatory, P.O. Box 296, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia.), AT(Anglo-Australian Observatory, P.O. Box 296, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia.), AU(Anglo-Australian Observatory, P.O. Box 296, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia.; Deceased. This paper is dedicated to the memory of John Alan Dawe (1942-2004), Astronomer-in-Charge of the UK Schmidt Telescope 1978-1984 and enthusiastic RAVE observer 2003-2004.), AV(Anglo-Australian Observatory, P.O. Box 296, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia.), AW(Anglo-Australian Observatory, P.O. Box 296, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia.), AX(Anglo-Australian Observatory, P.O. Box 296, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia.), AY(Anglo-Australian Observatory, P.O. Box 296, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia.), AZ(Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, An der Sterwarte 16, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany.), BA(Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, P.O. Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia.), BB(Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, 1 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP, UK.), BC(Anglo-Australian Observatory, P.O. Box 296, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia.), BD(Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, An der Sterwarte 16, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany.), BE(University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.), BF(Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85287-0065.), BG(Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK.), BH(INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Via dell'Osservatorio 8, Asiago I-36012, Italy.), BI(Astronomische RechenInstitut, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany.), BJ(Astronomisches Institut, Universität Basel, Venusstrasse 7, Binningen CH-4102, Switzerland.), BK(Department of Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, Ljubljana, Slovenia.), BL(Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, An der Sterwarte 16, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany.), BM(Department of Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, Ljubljana, Slovenia.), BN(University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627-0171.), BO(Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK.), BP(University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3055, Station CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6, Canada.), BQ(University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.), BR(University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK.), BS(Astronomische RechenInstitut, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany.), BT(Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, An der Sterwarte 16, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany.), BU(INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Via dell'Osservatorio 8, Asiago I-36012, Italy.), BV(Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen, Postbus 800, 9700 AV Groningen, Netherlands.), BW(INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Via dell'Osservatorio 8, Asiago I-36012, Italy.), BX(Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 Rue de L'Université, 67000 Strasbourg, France.), BY(Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK.), BZ(Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, An der Sterwarte 16, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany.), CA(Australia Telescope National Facility, P.O. Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia.), CB(Astronomische RechenInstitut, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany.)
Publication:
The Astronomical Journal, Volume 132, Issue 4, pp. 1645-1668. (AJ Homepage)
Publication Date:
10/2006
Origin:
UCP
AJ Keywords:
Catalogs, Stars: Fundamental Parameters, Surveys
DOI:
10.1086/506564
Bibliographic Code:
2006AJ....132.1645S

Abstract

We present the first data release of the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE), an ambitious spectroscopic survey to measure radial velocities and stellar atmosphere parameters (temperature, metallicity, and surface gravity) of up to one million stars using the Six Degree Field multiobject spectrograph on the 1.2 m UK Schmidt Telescope of the Anglo-Australian Observatory. The RAVE program started in 2003, obtaining medium-resolution spectra (median R=7500) in the Ca-triplet region (8410-8795 Å) for southern hemisphere stars drawn from the Tycho-2 and SuperCOSMOS catalogs, in the magnitude range 9<I<12. The first data release is described in this paper and contains radial velocities for 24,748 individual stars (25,274 measurements when including reobservations). Those data were obtained on 67 nights between 2003 April 11 and 2004 April 3. The total sky coverage within this data release is ~4760 deg2. The average signal-to-noise ratio of the observed spectra is 29.5, and 80% of the radial velocities have uncertainties better than 3.4 km s-1. Combining internal errors and zero-point errors, the mode is found to be 2 km s-1. Repeat observations are used to assess the stability of our radial velocity solution, resulting in a variance of 2.8 km s-1. We demonstrate that the radial velocities derived for the first data set do not show any systematic trend with color or signal-to-noise ratio. The RAVE radial velocities are complemented in the data release with proper motions from Starnet 2.0, Tycho-2, and SuperCOSMOS, in addition to photometric data from the major optical and infrared catalogs (Tycho-2, USNO-B, DENIS, and the Two Micron All Sky Survey). The data release can be accessed via the RAVE Web site.
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