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Cataclysmic Variables, Hubble-Sandage Variables and η Carinae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

G. T. Bath
G. T. Bath*
Affiliation:
Department of Astrophysics, Oxford

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The Hubble-Sandage variables are the most luminous stars in external galaxies. They were first investigated by Hubble and Sandage (1953) for use as distance indicators. Their main characteristics are high luminosity, blue colour indices, and irregular variability. Spectroscopically they show hydrogen and helium in emission with occasionally weaker Fell and [Fell], and no Balmer jump (Humphreys 1975, 1978). In this respect they closely resemble cataclysmic variables, particularly dwarf novae. In the quiescent state dwarf novae show broad H and HeI, together with a strong UV continuum. Weak FeII in emission has been observed in U Gem and SS Aur (Warner 1976). The Balmer jump is either not present, or weakly in emission. The principal spectroscopic difference is the increased breadth of the occasionally doubled emission lines.

Type
III. Mass Transfer and Mass Loss - Theory
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 88: Close Binary Stars: Observations and Interpretation , 1980 , pp. 155 - 160
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980 

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