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Towards precision distances and 3D dust maps using broadband Period--Magnitude relations of RR Lyrae stars
Christopher R. Klein, Joshua S. Bloom
We determine the period-magnitude relations of RR Lyrae stars in 13 photometric bandpasses from 0.4 to 12 μm using timeseries observations of 134 stars. The Bayesian formalism, ext…
Mid-Infrared Period--Luminosity Relations of RR Lyrae Stars Derived from the AllWISE Data Release
Christopher R. Klein, Joseph W. Richards, Nathaniel R. Butler +1
We use photometry from the recent AllWISE Data Release of the Wide-field In-frared Survey Explorer (WISE) of 129 calibration stars, combined with prior distances obtained from the…
A Mid-infrared Study of RR Lyrae Stars with the WISE All-Sky Data Release
Tatyana Gavrilchenko, Christopher R. Klein, Joshua S. Bloom +1
We present a group of 3740 previously identified RR Lyrae variables well-observed with the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). We explore how the shape of the generic RR Ly…
Distance determination from the Cepheids and RR Lyrae period-luminosity relations
Chow-Choong Ngeow, Wolfgang Gieren, Christopher Klein
Cepheids and RR Lyrae stars are important pulsating variable stars in distance scale work because they serve as standard candles. Cepheids follow well-defined period-luminosity (PL…
PTF10nvg: An Outbursting Class I Protostar in the Pelican/North American Nebula
Kevin R. Covey, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, Adam A. Miller +28
During a synoptic survey of the North American Nebula region, the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) detected an optical outburst (dubbed PTF10nvg) associated with the previously unst…
Evidence for an FU Orionis-like Outburst from a Classical T Tauri Star
Adam A. Miller, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, Kevin R. Covey +26
We present pre- and post-outburst observations of the new FU Orionis-like young stellar object PTF 10qpf (also known as LkHa 188-G4 and HBC 722). Prior to this outburst, LkHa 188-G…