The RAVE Survey
Going six-dimensional (and more): Astrometry is giving positions,
distances and proper motions of stars. The final dimension to fully
define the motion of stars in the Galaxy is provided by RAVE.
- 2003-2005: 100,000 stars
- 2006-2012: up to 500,000 stars
- accuracy of velocity determination ~2 km/s
- stellar parameters
- distance estimates
- elemental abundances
Latest News:
- October 2011: Mary Williams receives science and engineering award of Brandenburg (Germay), recognizing her Aquarius Paper. The prize comes with a cash award of 20,000Euro.
- September 2011: The RAVE catalogue of stellar elemental abundances: first data release, Boeche et al.. The paper is available on arXiv
- August 2011: Distance determination for RAVE stars using stellar models. III. The nature of the RAVE survey and Milky Way chemistry, Burnett et al.. The paper is available on A & A
- June 2011: Single-lined Spectroscopic Binary Star Candidates in the RAVE Survey, Matijevič et al.. The paper is available on A & A
- April 2011: Local stellar kinematics from RAVE data - I. Local standard of rest by Coşkunoğlu et al.. The paper is available on MNRAS .
- April 2011: The 3rd RAVE data release, Siebert et al.. The paper is available on AJ
- April 2011: The new RAVE database query interface is now online.
- January 2011: The dawning of the stream of Aquarius: nearby halo stream found in RAVE by Williams et al.. The paper is available on ApJ
- November 2010: The RAVE survey: rich in metal-poor stars by Fulbright et al.. The paper is available on ApJ letters
- November 2010: Detection of a radial velocity gradient in the extended local disc with RAVE by Siebert et al.. The paper is available on astro-ph
- September 2010: Redesign of RAVE website, including Topcat access to RAVE data and a new Gallery section for images and movies
- September 2010: Testing formation mechanisms of the Milky Way's thick disc with RAVE by Wilson et al. The paper is available on astro-ph
- August 2010: A search for new members of the beta Pic, Tuc-Hor and epsilon Cha moving groups in the RAVE database by Kiss et al. The paper is available in MNRAS
- August 2010: Origins of the Thick Disk as Traced by the Alpha Elements of Metal-poor Giant Stars Selected from RAVE by Ruchti et al. The paper is available online in ApJ letters
- July 2010: Distance determination for RAVE stars using stellar models II: Most likely values assuming a standard stellar evolution scenario by Zwitter et al. The paper is available in A & A
Highlights
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RAVE observations covering Southern Hemisphere
Topcat access to RAVE data
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