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Spectral Classification of Early Type Stars from the Low Dispersion Ultraviolet Spectra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

K. Nandy
K. Nandy*
Affiliation:
Royal Observatory, Edinburgh

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The methods of spectral classification from the low dispersion ultraviolet spectra obtained with the S2/68 experiment in the TD1 satellite have been described. The bright stars, the spectra of which are photometrically accurate, can be divided into natural groups according to the spectral appearance of the features. These features vary in strength with spectral type and luminosity, and enable separation between main sequence and luminous stars. The limits for these stars are at BO to at AO. For fainter stars the spectral data have been combined to obtain narrow band magnitudes at several wavelengths. These photometric bands have an effective width of 100 A. An ultraviolet photometric system which enables determinations of spectral type and luminosity of early type stars is described and the results for about 3000 stars is presented. The photometric system considered here consists of the ultraviolet colour indices (m2740−V,) (m2190−V) and (m1490−V).

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Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 4 , Issue 2: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XVIth General Assembly of the IAU, 1976 (Part II) , 1977 , pp. 289 - 301
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Copyright © Reidel 1977

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