The Astronomical Journal· 2018Q1

Estimating Distance from Parallaxes. IV. Distances to 1.33 Billion Stars in Gaia Data Release 2

C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, J. Rybizki, M. Fouesneau, G. Mantelet et al.

1,792citations
Q1SCImago
2018year

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A new method infers distances for 1.33 billion stars from Gaia DR2 parallaxes, overcoming limitations of simple inversion by using a weak prior and accounting for nonlinearities.

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Field: Astronomy and Astrophysics

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