Distance Dependent Offsets between Parallaxes for Nearby Stars and Gaia DR1 Parallaxes

Wei-Chun Jao, Todd J. Henry, Adric R. Riedel +3

We use 612 single stars with previously published trigonometric parallaxes placing them within 25 pc to evaluate parallaxes released in Gaia's first data release (DR1). We find tha…