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Stellar classification of CoRoT targets

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Context. The CoRoT mission was the first dedicated to the search for exoplanets from space. The CoRoT exoplanet channel observed about 163 600 targets to detect transiting planetary companions. In addition to the search for exoplanets, the extremely precise photometric time series provided by CoRoT for this vast number of stars is an invaluable resource for stellar studies. Because CoRoT targets are faint (11 ≤ r ≤ 16) and close to the galactic plane, only a small subsample has been observed spectroscopically. Consequently, the stellar classification of CoRoT targets required the design of a classification method suited for the needs and time frame of the mission.

Source: Astronomy and Astrophysics

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628627