[style and discussion] deluxetable headers

[adamamiller]

I'm using AASTeX v6.3 and I've noticed that the spacing in the header and notes for deluxetable is extremely large (essentially everything is double spaced). As far as I can tell this is not the case for published papers, and I find the large spacing to be rough on the eyes. Is there a way to reduce this spacing in the future?

[augustfly]

Thanks, @adamamiller -- initial look makes us think is is some kind of bug, probably an inadvertent line stretch.

[augustfly]

I think this is a dup of #40 -- is that true @adamamiller ?

[adamamiller]

This is similar, but possibly not the same issue. Unlike #40 - the main gaps I am seeing are in between header rows (see attached). There does not appear to be a large gap above the first row in the header.

[gregschwarz]

I do not see this problem in the sample63.tex version of Table 1 which uses deluxetable.

A visual example plus the source code to help diagnose a potential problem would be appreciated.

[adamamiller]

The white space in between header rows is (in both the screen shots above) very large. I am aware that final AAS manuscripts do not use aastex, but final, published tables do not have as much white space in between rows.

[gregschwarz]

Ok, thanks for the visual example and description of the issue.

[adamamiller]

Adding a larger screen shot that also shows the large spacing for table notes.

[augustfly]

Per discussions with other authors, a work around is something like:

\tablehead{
% end of first header row
... \colhead{last column, 1st row} \\[-0.4cm]
% next row of tablehead
\colhead{first column, 2nd row}
}

to artificially shrink the gap.