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The LYRA photometric system and the catalog of photometric reference standard stars
Author(s) -
Zakharov A.I.,
Mironov A.V.,
Nikolaev F.N.,
Prokhorov M.E.,
Tuchin M.S.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.201311930
Subject(s) - photometric system , photometry (optics) , stars , physics , metallicity , supergiant , astronomy , astrophysics , extinction (optical mineralogy) , optics
The 10‐color photometric system for the Russian space photometric experiment LYRA is described. It is shown that the system is effective for the determination of interstellar extinction, separation of supergiants, and evaluation of metallicity. The creation of a large grid of high‐precision photometric standards is one of the most important tasks of the LYRA experiment. (© 2013 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)