Publication Date:
2019-08-28
Description:
Improved trigonometric parallaxes are reported for stars in the regions of Groombridge 1618, Zeta Bootis, and Sigma Draconis which differ from generally accepted parallaxes by two to five standard deviations. The weighted mean parallax of Groombridge 1618 becomes 0.2079 +/- 0.0013 arcsec, indicating a distance modulus of -1.59 +/- 0.014 and yielding an absolute magnitude of this K7 V star of 8.20 +/- 0.017. The parallax determined for the visual binary Zeta Bootis is 0.0202 +/- 0.0010 arcsec and implies an average absolute visual magnitude of 1.067 +/- 0.12 for the spectroscopically similar components. The weighted mean parallax of Sigma Draconis becomes 0.1747 +/- 0.0010 arcsec, indicating a distance modulus of -1.210 +/- 0.012 and yielding an absolute visual magnitude of 5.90 +/- 0.012 for this K0 V star. The absolute visual magnitudes of the high velocity star Roman 336 and of the subdwarf star AO 1187 are found to be + 4.0 +/- 0.13 and + 5.9 +/- 0.17, respectively.
Keywords:
ASTRONOMY
Type:
Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256); 105; 3; p. 1179-1187.
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