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White Dwarf Candidates for Trigonometrical Parallax Determinations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

T. J. Moffett ,
Thomas G. Barnes  and
David S. Evans
T. J. Moffett
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Purdue University
Thomas G. Barnes
Affiliation:
McDonald Obs. and Dept. of Astronomy, Univ. of Texas
David S. Evans
Affiliation:
McDonald Obs. and Dept. of Astronomy, Univ. of Texas

Abstract

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The visual surface brightness relation is applied to the determination of parallaxes of white dwarfs on the assumption, borne out by previous studies of white dwarfs of known parallax, that these show only a small range of linear diameters.

Type
Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 111: Calibration of Fundamental Stellar Quantities , 1985 , pp. 365 - 368
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985 

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