Fixing the Reference Frame for PPMXL Proper Motions Using Extragalactic Sources
arXiv:1409.2890 · doi:10.1088/1674-4527/15/6/007
Abstract
We quantify and correct systematic errors in PPMXL proper motions using extragalactic sources from the first two LAMOST data releases and the Veron-Cetty & Veron Catalog of Quasars. Although the majority of the sources are from the Veron catalog, LAMOST makes important contributions in regions that are not well-sampled by previous catalogs, particularly at low Galactic latitudes and in the south Galactic cap. We show that quasars in PPMXL have measureable and significant proper motions, which reflect the systematic zero-point offsets present in the catalog. We confirm the global proper motion shifts seen by Wu, Ma, & Zhou (2011), and additionally find smaller-scale fluctuations of the QSO-derived corrections to an absolute frame. We average the proper motions of 158,106 extragalactic objects in bins of 3x3 degrees and present a table of proper motion corrections.
Accepted for publication in RAA; 12 pages, 6 figures (Fig. 1 at reduced resolution); full table of corrections available in online journal, with arxiv ancillary files (as ASCII table), or by request
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