The Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): first data release

We present the first data release of the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE), an ambitious spectroscopic survey to measure radial velocities and stellar atmosphere parameters (temperature, metallicity, surface gravity) of up to one million stars using the 6dF multi-object spectrograph on the 1.2-m UK...

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Main Authors: Steinmetz, M, Zwitter, T, Siebert, A, Watson, F, Freeman, K, Munari, U, Campbell, R, Williams, M, Seabroke, G, Wyse, R, Parker, Q, Bienayme, O, Roeser, S, Gibson, B, Gilmore, G, Grebel, E, Helmi, A, Navarro, J, Burton, D, Cass, C, Dawe, J, Fiegert, K, Hartley, M, Russell, K, Saunders, W
Format: Journal article
Published: 2006