WINERED as a Stepping Stone for the Cosmic Distance Scale

Monelli, Matteo; Magurno, Davide; Bono, Giuseppe; Matsunaga, Noriyuki
Bibliographical reference

The RR Lyrae 2017 Conference. Revival of the Classical Pulsators: from Galactic Structure to Stellar Interior Diagnostics. Proceedings of the meeting held 17-21 September, 2017 in Niepołomice, Poland. Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society, Vol. 6. Edited by R. Smolec, K. Kinemuchi, and R.I. Anderson, ISBN 978-83-938279-9-2, pp.186-190

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2018
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We present the Oscillating Stars with wIneRed near-Infrared Spectroscopy (OSIRIS) project, aimed at deriving accurate chemical abundances of primary distance indicators covering a wide age range from young Classical Cepheids to intermediate-age Anomalous Cepheids and Miras, old RR Lyrae stars, and Type-II Cepheids. High-resolution near-infrared spectra will be collected with WINERED, a Japanese instrument with the highest available throughput in the range 0.9-1.35 μm. We summarize here the characteristics of the instrument, the data acquisition and reduction, and preliminary results.