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Paper: Interferometric Constraints on Surface Brightness Asymmetries in Long-Period Variable Stars: A Threat to Accurate Gaia Parallaxes
Volume: 445, Why Galaxies Care about AGB Stars II: Shining Examples and Common Inhabitants
Page: 171
Authors: Sacuto, S.; Jorissen, A.; Cruzalèbes, P.; Pasquato, E.; Chiavassa, A.; Spang, A.; Rabbia, Y.; Chesneau, O.
Abstract: A monitoring of surface brightness asymmetries in evolved giants and supergiants is necessary to estimate the threat that they represent to accurate Gaia parallaxes. Closure-phase measurements obtained with AMBER/VISA in a 3-telescope configuration are fitted by a simple model to constrain the photocenter displacement. The results for the C-type star TX Psc show a large deviation of the photocenter displacement that could bias the Gaia parallax.
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