Distance scale for high-luminosity stars in OB associations and in field with Gaia DR2. Spurious systematic motions
arXiv:2006.14649 · doi:10.1007/s10509-020-03827-0
Abstract
We calculated the median parallaxes for 47 OB associations including at least 10 stars with known Gaia DR2 parallaxes. A comparison between trigonometric and photometric parallaxes of OB associations reveals a zero-point offset of delta_pi=-0.11 +\- 0.04 mas indicating that Gaia DR2 parallaxes are, on average, underestimated and the distances derived from them are overestimated. The correction of delta_pi=-0.11 mas is consistent with the estimate that Arenou et al. (2018) obtained for bright stars. An analysis of parallaxes of OB associations and high-luminosity field stars confirms our previous conclusion (Dambis et al. 2001) that the distance scale for OB stars established by Blaha and Humphreys (1989) must be reduced by 10--20%. Spurious systematic motions of 10--20 km s-1 at the distances of 2--3 kpc from the Sun are found to arise from the use of the uncorrected Gaia DR2 parallaxes.
arXiv comment15 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in Astrophysics and Space Science
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