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A 2μm narrow-band survey for emission-line stars in the inner Galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Robert D. Blum
Affiliation:
Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory - Chile
Augusto Damineli
Affiliation:
Inst. Astr. and Geof. of Univ. São Paulo - Brazil

Abstract

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We have begun a search for emission-line stars toward the inner Galaxy using narrow-band photometry centered on the emission lines of He I 2.06μm, C IV 2.08μm, H I Brγ 2.166μm and He II 2.189μm. The census of Wolf-Rayet and other emission-line stars in the Galaxy is incomplete, owing to the large extinction at optical and shorter wavelengths toward the inner Galaxy. However, these massive, evolved stars are bright and can be detected at large distances in the near infrared.

Type
Part 4. Wolf-Rayet stars and other hot massive stars in the Galactic Center and in Local Group giant H II regions (individual stars)
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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