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The Hγ-Absolute Magnitude Calibration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2017

D. Crampton
D. Crampton*
Affiliation:
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Victoria, B.C. Canada

Abstract

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A new calibration of Hγ equivalent widths is presented. Unlike Petrie's method, the new calibration does not require an estimate of the luminosity class or spectral type of the star. A brief comparison with other calibrations is made.

Type
Part IV: Absolute Magnitude Determinations from Hydrogen-Line Photometry
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 54: Problems of Calibration of Absolute Magnitudes and Temperature of Stars , 1973 , pp. 120 - 123
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1973 

References

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