Galactic classical Cepheids catalog

The Milky Way's neutral hydrogen (HI) disk is warped and flared. However, a dearth of accurate HI-based distances has thus far prevented the development of an accurate Galactic Disk model. Moreover, the extent to which our Galaxy's stellar and gas disk morphologies are mutually consistent is also unclear. Classical Cepheids, primary distance indicators with distance accuracies of 3-5%, offer a unique opportunity to develop an intuitive and accurate three-dimensional picture. Here, we establish a robust Galactic Disk model based on 1339 classical Cepheids. We provide strong evidence that the warp's line of nodes is not oriented in the Galactic Centre-Sun direction. Instead, it subtends a mean angle of 17.5{deg}+/-1{deg} (formal)+/-3{deg} (systematic) and exhibits a leading spiral pattern. Our Galaxy thus follows Briggs' rule for spiral galaxies, which suggests that the origin of the warp is associated with torques forced by the massive inner disk. The stellar disk traced by Cepheids follows the gas disk in terms of their amplitudes; the stellar disk extends to at least 20kpc. This morphology provides a crucial, updated map for studies of the kinematics and archaeology of the Galactic Disk.

Cone search capability for table J/other/NatAs/3.320/tabled1 (Cepheid catalogue used in the research)

Identifier
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/other/NatAs/3.320
Related Identifier https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/other/NatAs/3.320
Related Identifier http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/other/NatAs/3.320
Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/NatAs/3.320
Provenance
Creator Chen X.; Wang S.; Deng L.; De Grijs R.; Liu C.; Tian H.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2023
Rights https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.html
OpenAccess true
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Exoplanet Astronomy; Galactic and extragalactic Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy