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Title: Classification of The Zwicky Transient Facility Catalog of Periodic Variable Stars

This data release contains 730,184 periodic transients with the new class labels in a csv file and the cross-match results of periodic variable stars (PVSs) in the ZTF CPVS with the SIMBAD catalog. Classifications and details with this data set are available in Cheung et al. (2021) and Chan et al. (2021)

 
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Award ID(s):
2108676
NSF-PAR ID:
10353413
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Zenodo
Date Published:
Edition / Version:
1
Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
["Stellar classification","Periodic variable stars"]
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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