On a New Method to Estimate the Distance, Reddening, and Metallicity of RR Lyrae Stars Using Optical/Near-infrared ( B, V, I, J, H, K ) Mean Magnitudes: ω Centauri as a First Test Case

Guillaume Bono , G. Iannicola , V. Braga , I. Ferraro , P. Stetson , D. Magurno , N. Matsunaga (1) , R. Beaton , R. Buonanno , B. Chaboyer , M. Dall’ora , M. Fabrizio (2) , G. Fiorentino , W. Freedman , C. Gilligan , B. Madore (3) , M. Marconi (4) , M. Marengo (5) , S. Marinoni , P. Marrese (6) , C. Martinez-Vazquez , M. Mateo (7) , M. Monelli , J. Neeley , M. Nonino (8) , C. Sneden , Frédéric Thévenin (9) , E. Valenti , A. Walker

1 Department of Mechanical System Engineering
2 SISSA / ISAS - Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati / International School for Advanced Studies
3 Observatories [Carnegie Institution]
4 NSF Center for EUV Science and Technology
5 SPE - Sciences pour l'environnement
6 OAPD - INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova
7 IREC - Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos
8 OAT - INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste
9 LAGRANGE - Joseph Louis LAGRANGE

Domaines: Astrophysique [astro-ph]

Guillaume Bono, G. Iannicola, V. Braga, I. Ferraro, P. Stetson, et al.. On a New Method to Estimate the Distance, Reddening, and Metallicity of RR Lyrae Stars Using Optical/Near-infrared ( B, V, I, J, H, K ) Mean Magnitudes: ω Centauri as a First Test Case. The Astrophysical Journal, 2019, 870 (2), pp.115. ⟨10.3847/1538-4357/aaf23f⟩. ⟨hal-02323884⟩