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    A BAYESIAN APPROACH TO LOCATING THE RED GIANT BRANCH TIP MAGNITUDE. II. DISTANCES TO THE SATELLITES OF M31 by CONN, A. R, IBATA, R. A, FERGUSON, A. M. N, CHAPMAN, S. C, VALLS-GABAUD, D, LEWIS, G. F, PARKER, Q. A, ZUCKER, D. B, MARTIN, N. F, MCCONNACHIE, A. W, IRWIN, M. J, TANVIR, N, FARDAL, M. A

    Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-10-2012)
    “…In "A Bayesian Approach to Locating the Red Giant Branch Tip Magnitude (Part I)," a new technique was introduced for obtaining distances using the tip of the…”
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    THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE M31 SATELLITE SYSTEM; STRONG EVIDENCE FOR AN INHOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION OF SATELLITES by Conn, A R, Lewis, G F, Ibata, R A, Parker, Q A, Zucker, D B, McConnachie, A W, Martin, N F, VALLS-GABAUD, D, Tanvir, N, Irwin, M J, Ferguson, A M N, Chapman, S C

    Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-04-2013)
    “…We undertake an investigation into the spatial structure of the M31 satellite system utilizing the distance distributions presented in a previous publication…”
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    Constraining the Galaxy's dark halo with RAVE stars by Piffl, T., Binney, J., McMillan, P. J., Steinmetz, M., Helmi, A., Wyse, R. F. G., Bienaymé, O., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Freeman, K., Gibson, B., Gilmore, G., Grebel, E. K., Kordopatis, G., Navarro, J. F., Parker, Q., Reid, W. A., Seabroke, G., Siebert, A., Watson, F., Zwitter, T.

    “…We use the kinematics of ∼200 000 giant stars that lie within ∼1.5 kpc of the plane to measure the vertical profile of mass density near the Sun. We find that…”
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    Grantecan spectroscopic observations and confirmations of planetary nebulae candidates in the Northern Galactic Plane by Ritter, Andreas, Parker, Q A, Sabin, L, Le Dû, P, Mulato, L, Patchick, D

    “…ABSTRACT We present Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) spectroscopic confirmations of 55 faint Planetary Nebulae (PNe) candidates discovered largely in the INT…”
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    Catalogue of known Galactic SNRs uncovered in Hα light by Stupar, M., Parker, Q. A.

    “…During detailed searches for new Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) in the Anglo-Australian Observatory/United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope (AAO/UKST) Hα survey…”
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    Determination of Planetary Nebulae angular diameters from radio continuum spectral energy distribution modelling by Bojičić, I S, Filipović, M D, Urošević, D, Parker, Q A, Galvin, T J

    “…ABSTRACT Powerful new, high-resolution, high-sensitivity, multifrequency, wide-field radio surveys such as the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder…”
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    Observations and three-dimensional ionization structure of the planetary nebula SuWt 2 by Danehkar, A., Parker, Q. A., Ercolano, B.

    “…The planetary nebula SuWt 2 (PN G311.0+02.4) is an unusual object with a prominent, inclined central emission ellipse and faint bipolar extensions. It has two…”
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    Optical detection and spectroscopic confirmation of supernova remnant G213.0−0.6 (now redesignated as G213.3−0.4) by Stupar, M., Parker, Q. A.

    “…During a detailed search for optical counterparts of known Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) using the Anglo-Australian Observatory/United Kingdom Schmidt…”
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    New distances to RAVE stars by Binney, J., Burnett, B., Kordopatis, G., McMillan, P. J., Sharma, S., Zwitter, T., Bienaymé, O., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Steinmetz, M., Gilmore, G., Williams, M. E. K., Navarro, J., Grebel, E. K., Helmi, A., Parker, Q., Reid, W. A., Seabroke, G., Watson, F., Wyse, R. F. G.

    “…Probability density functions (pdfs) are determined from new stellar parameters for the distance moduli of stars for which the RAdial Velocity Experiment…”
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    Climbing the cosmic ladder with stellar twins in RAVE with Gaia by Jofré, P., Traven, G., Hawkins, K., Gilmore, G., Sanders, J. L., Mädler, T., Steinmetz, M., Kunder, A., Kordopatis, G., McMillan, P., Bienaymé, O., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Gibson, B. K., Grebel, E. K., Munari, U., Navarro, J., Parker, Q., Reid, W., Seabroke, G., Zwitter, T.

    “…Abstract We apply the twin method to determine parallaxes to 232 545 stars of the RAVE survey using the parallaxes of Gaia DR1 as a reference. To search for…”
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