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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2017
Observations made with the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) showed the existence of a set of K stars with excess emission at 60 μ. The brightest star in the group is δ And (K3 III). Spectra of δ And have been obtained with the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) in both the long and short wavelength regions. These spectra show several features unusual in a K giant as cool as δ And, in particular, emission from CIV, MgII h and k lines with blue wings stronger than the red and MgII absorption blue shifted to up to 300 km s−1. Overall δ And is similar to the known hybrid bright giant α TrA (K4 II). We have discovered the first ‘hybrid’ giant star. The IRAS observations are interpreted in terms of a cool (∼100 K) dust cloud surrounding δ And - a spectroscopic binary system- and a third component at 1200 A.U.