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A New Objective Prism Catalogue of OB and Supergiant B, A, F and G Stars in the Magellanic Clouds
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
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The Michigan Curtis Schmidt telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory has been used with the “thin” prism (Blanco 1974) to survey the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. Four plates, covering approximately 90 square degrees, and three plates, covering approximately 70 square degrees, were taken of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds respectively. One hour exposures on nitrogen baked, IIIa-J plates were obtained. The limiting magnitude of the plates is V = 16 mag. At the dispersion of 1360 Å/mm OB stars can be recognized by their long uv extension, in which no sign of a Balmer discontinuity can be seen. The supergiants can be recognized by the appearance of a Balmer discontinuity and classified into temperature types by the strength of the hydrogen lines.
- Type
- III Criteria and Applications Outside the MK Domain
- Information
- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 47: Spectral Classification of the Future , 1979 , pp. 155 - 157
- Copyright
- Copyright © Vatican Observatory 1979