{"paper":{"title":"New Evidence Supporting Cluster Membership for the Keystone Calibrator Delta Cephei","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["astro-ph.GA"],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.SR","authors_text":"Daniel J. Majaess, David G. Turner, Wolfgang Gieren","submitted_at":"2012-01-04T21:00:00Z","abstract_excerpt":"New and existing UBVJHKs, spectroscopic, NOMAD, HST, and revised HIP observations are employed to determine properties for delta Cep and its host star cluster. The multi-faceted approach ensured that uncertainties were mitigated (~2%). The following fundamental parameters were inferred for delta Cep: E(B-V)=0.073+-0.018, log(t)=7.9+-0.1, and d=272+-3(se)+-5(sd) pc. The cluster exhibits a turnoff near B6 (M*/Ms~5), and the brightest host cluster members are the supergiants zeta Cep (K1.5Ib) and delta Cep. To within the uncertainties, the two stars share common astrometric parameters (pi, mu_ra,"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1201.0993","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}