Expected characteristics of data from the LYRA mission

• Published in: Astronomische Nachrichten Vol. 334; no. 8; pp. 828 - 831
• Main Authors: Zakharov, A.I., Mironov, A.V., Prokhorov, M.E., Nikolaev, F.N., Tuchin, M.S., Biryukov, A.V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin WILEY-VCH Verlag 01-10-2013; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Astronomical bodies; Astronomy; Errors; instrumentation: photometers; International Space Station; Missions; Photometry; Reproduction; Space stations; Stars; Stars & galaxies; stars: fundamental parameters; surveys; techniques: photometric; telescopes
• ISSN: 0004-6337; 1521-3994
• DOI: 10.1002/asna.201311931

The purpose of the LYRA mission is a multi‐color all‐sky survey of objects from 3m to 16m from the International Space Station, to result in a high‐precision photometric catalog (Zakharov et al. 2013b). The expected error of the catalog will be 0.001–0.003m for stars brighter than 12m and 0.01m for the stars down to 16m. The estimated duration of the survey is about 5 years. This paper describes the characteristics of data to be received in the course of the LYRA experiment for future users. (© 2013 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)