Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-03-04
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
29 pages, 13 figures, accepted for MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13181.x
Infrared and optical absolute magnitudes are derived for the type II Cepheids kappa Pav and VY Pyx from revised Hipparcos parallaxes and for kappa Pav, V553 Cen and SW Tau from pulsation parallaxes. Phase-corrected JHK mags are given for 142 RR Lyrae variables based on 2MASS data. RR Lyrae itself is overluminous compared with LMC RR Lyraes at the classical Cepheid modulus (18.39) consistent with a prediction of Catalan and Cortes. V553 Cen and SW Tau deviate by only 0.02 mag in the mean from the Matsunaga PL(K) relation for globular cluster type II Cepheids with a zero-point based on the same LMC modulus. Comparing directly these two stars with type II Cepheids in the LMC and in the Galactic Bulge leads to an LMC modulus of 18.37\pm0.09 and a distance to the Galactic Centre of 7.64\pm 0.21kpc. Kappa Pav may be a binary. V553 Cen and SW Tau show that at optical wavelengths PL relations are wider for field stars than for those in globular clusters (abridged).
Feast Michael W.
Kinman Thomas D.
Laney Cliford D.
van Leeuwen Floor
Whitelock Patricia A.
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