2025AJ....169..211D


Query : 2025AJ....169..211D

2025AJ....169..211D - Astron. J., 169, 211 (2025/April-0)

Analysis of the Gaia Data Release 3 Parallax Bias at Bright Magnitudes.

DING Y., LIAO S., WEN S. and QI Z.

Abstract (from CDS):

The combination of visual and spectroscopic orbits in binary systems enables precise distance measurements without additional assumptions, making them ideal for examining the parallax zero-point offset (PZPO) at bright magnitudes (G < 13) in Gaia. We compiled 249 orbital parallaxes from 246 binary systems and used Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations to exclude binaries where orbital motion significantly impacts parallaxes. After removing systems with substantial parallax errors, large discrepancies between orbital and Gaia parallaxes, and selecting systems with orbital periods under 100 days, a final sample of 44 binaries was retained.The weighted mean PZPO for this sample is -38.9 ± 10.3 μas, compared to -58.0 ± 10.1 μas for the remaining systems, suggesting that orbital motion significantly affects parallax measurements. These formal uncertainties of the PZPO appear to be underestimated by a factor of approximately 2.0. For bright stars with independent trigonometric parallaxes from Very Long Baseline Interferometry and Hubble Space Telescope, the weighted mean PZPOs are -14.8 ± 10.6 and -31.9 ± 14.1 μas, respectively. Stars with G ≤ 8 exhibit a more pronounced parallax bias, with some targets showing unusually large deviations, likely due to systematic calibration errors in Gaia for bright stars. The orbital parallaxes dataset compiled in this work serves as a vital resource for validating parallaxes in future Gaia data releases.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Astrometry - Gaia - Parallax

VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/AJ/169/211): table1.dat>

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Simbad objects: 16

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Number of rows : 16
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 * pi. And SB* 00 36 52.8513216207 +33 43 09.636294654 3.65 4.20 4.36 4.40 4.52 B5V 209 0
2 * 64 Psc SB* 00 48 58.7075574408 +16 56 26.324381004   5.58   4.8   F8V 149 0
3 HD 10307 SB* 01 41 47.1268541099 +42 36 48.221567818 5.69 5.58 4.96 4.43 4.10 G1V 523 0
4 * alf UMi cC* 02 31 49.09456 +89 15 50.7923 3.00 2.62 2.02 1.53 1.22 F8Ib 716 2
5 * ksi Tau PM* 03 27 10.1405792544 +09 43 57.871023240 3.33 3.66 3.75 3.76 3.85 B9Vn 198 0
6 V* V1232 Tau RS* 04 18 01.8372777336 +18 15 24.497232480   8.202 7.514 7.139 6.796 G4V+G8V 166 0
7 * 80 Tau ** 04 30 08.59775 +15 38 16.2194   5.887 5.552 5.358 5.161 F0V 189 0
8 HD 30712 SB* 04 50 33.8208486576 +15 05 00.378828492   8.453 7.712     G5 122 0
9 * zet Ori ** 05 40 45.52666 -01 56 33.2649 0.50 1.56 1.77 1.85 2.05 O9.7Ib+B0III 375 0
10 * o Leo SB* 11 55 40.5327230688 +15 38 48.549860664   5.632 5.522     A3V 168 0
11 DoAr 51 Or* 16 32 11.7949720728 -24 40 21.640407420   13.89 13.65 12.43 11.025 K8IVe 76 0
12 HD 196795 SB* 20 39 37.70965 +04 58 19.3401 10.218 9.084 7.842 7.065 6.382 K5V 175 0
13 HD 200580 SB* 21 04 07.3930420137 +02 59 40.129822016 7.82 7.85   7.0   F9V 174 0
14 * iot Peg SB* 22 07 00.6655101792 +25 20 42.356386464 4.190 4.200 3.770 3.36 3.11 F5V 468 1
15 BD+38 4818 SB* 22 37 29.9190772308 +39 22 51.690579824   11.16   9.094   M0.0V 63 0
16 HD 214608 ** 22 38 47.47147 +44 18 50.0318   7.39 6.82     F9V 120 0

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