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The recent completion of the Fourth Edition of the General Catalogue of Trigonometric Stellar Parallaxes (YPC) has enabled us to re-calibrate the Mass-Luminosity Relation (MLR) for main sequence stars. Since the YPC has been carefully evaluated and corrected for systematic errors in both the absolute parallaxes and their error estimates, we believe that the derived MLR will be significantly better than previous calibrations, especially for the intrinsically and apparently faint stars of the lower main sequence where ground-based trigonometric parallaxes are the primary source of distances. For the upper main sequence, a combination of eclipsing and spectroscopic binaries and the new Hipparcos parallaxes will still provide a superior MLR.
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Van Altena, W.F., Lee, J.T., Hoffleit, E.D., Girard, T.M., Horch, E.P. (1997). Calibration of the Mass-Luminosity Relation, II: Data from the General Catalogue of Trigonometric Stellar Parallaxes, 1995. In: Docobo, J.A., Elipe, A., McAlister, H. (eds) Visual Double Stars: Formation, Dynamics and Evolutionary Tracks. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 223. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1477-3_23
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