Status and results from the RAVE survey

TL;DR

The RAVE survey provides extensive spectroscopic data for southern hemisphere stars, enabling detailed studies of the Milky Way's structure and stellar populations, with over 500,000 spectra collected since 2003.

Contribution

This paper summarizes the key scientific results derived from the RAVE survey data, highlighting its impact on galactic astronomy.

Findings

Revealed detailed kinematic structures of the Milky Way

Identified various stellar populations and their distributions

Enhanced understanding of the Galaxy's formation and evolution

Abstract

RAVE, the RAdial Velocity Experiment, is a large spectroscopic survey which collects spectroscopic data for stars in the southern hemisphere. RAVE uses the AAO Schmidt telescope with a wavelength coverage similar to Gaia but a lower resolution of R=7,500. Since 2003, RAVE collected over 500,000 spectra providing an unprecedented dataset to study the structure and kinematics of the Milky Way and its stellar populations. In this review, we will summarize the main results obtained using the RAVE catalogues.