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:
- December 2011: Metal-poor Lithium-rich Giants in the Radial Velocity Experiment Survey, Ruchti et al.. The paper is available on ApJ
- 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 AJ
- August 2011: Observational Properties of the Metal-poor Thick Disk of the Milky Way and Insights into its Origins, Ruchti et al.. The paper is available on ApJ
- 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 AJ
- 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
Highlights
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RAVE observations covering Southern Hemisphere
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