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10. Objective Prism Surveys for New White Dwarfs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

C. B. Stephenson*
Affiliation:
Warner and Swasey Observatory, Case Western Reserve University, East Cleveland, O., U.S.A.

Abstract

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The spectroscopic criteria for identifying strong-lined DA-type stars on low-dispersion objective prism plates are reviewed, as are the objective prism surveys made to date with discovery of white dwarfs a partial or major objective (Table I). It is claimed that there may be upwards of 100 undiscovered white dwarfs brighter than B magnitude 14.0. Some data for all the white dwarfs so far discovered by objective prism are collected in Table II; new identification charts are given for two of these.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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