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21. The spectrum of η carinae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2017

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The spectrum of η Carinae as recorded by the two-prism Cassegrain spectrograph of the Radcliffe Observatory in the range 3677-8863 A. consists of over 300 rather sharp bright lines, of which the identified lines are distributed among the elements as follows:

ElementNo. of emission linesMaximum IntensityElementNo. of emission linesMaximum Intensity
H191000:Ca II0
He745Se II?16:
[N II]330Ti II214
O I?1(6)V II101
[Ne III]24Cr II205
Na I118[Cr II]3(4)
Mg I26-Fe II9150
Mg II11[Fe II]8260
Si II510-Fe III16:
[P II]1(2)[Fe III]35
[S II]212Ni II56:
[S III]?110[Ni II]818
[Cu II]11·5
Total291

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Part IV Symposia
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