The Distances of the Galactic Novae

Abstract

Utilising the unique location of red clump giants on colour-magnitude diagrams obtained from various near-IR surveys, we derived specific reddening-distance relations towards 119 Galactic novae for which independent reddening measurements are available. Using the derived distance-extinction relation and the independent measurements of reddening we calculated the most likely distances for each system. We present the details of our distance measurement technique and the results of this analysis, which yielded the distances of 73 Galactic novae and allowed us to set lower limits on the distances of 46 systems. We also present the reddening-distance relations derived for each nova, which may be useful to analyze the different Galactic components present in the line of sight.

arXiv commentPublished in MNRAS (24 pages, 12 figures, 4 tables), Minor typo correction. For the catalogue which has all reddening-distance relations, see http://highenergyastro.istanbul.edu.tr/novae_cat/index.php, 2016MNRAS.461.1177O

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