scholarly journals A New Revision of the HDEC (Henry Draper Extension Charts) Catalog

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Ashimbaeva ◽  
V. Sementsov

AbstractA new version of the HDEC (Henry Draper Extension Charts) catalog is presented. The catalog includes 88,548 entries, more than 3500 of which (components of binary systems) were earlier corrupted by an algorithmic error (1579 multiple systems were revealed). Spectral classification of these objects has been corrected manually using the CDS data. We also corrected some mistakes of the catalog detected by the measurement model and cross-matching with other CDS catalogs, and, in some cases, by the authors of the catalog and through collaboration of the HDEC users.

1999 ◽  
Vol 193 ◽  
pp. 110-111
Author(s):  
Nolan R. Walborn ◽  
Laurent Drissen ◽  
Joel Wm. Parker ◽  
Abhijit Saha

Spectroscopy of the individual stellar components in four compact OB multiple systems of the LMC, previously imaged with the HST-WFPCS, has been performed with the HST-FOS. In every case, the uncontaminated spectra of the WR and/or Of-type components have been observed for the first time. The spectra of the normal OB companions provide information about the initial masses and ages of the peculiar objects. Several additional evolved and peculiar objects within these systems have also been discovered.


1966 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 21-23
Author(s):  
Y. Fujita

We have investigated the spectrograms (dispersion: 8Å/mm) in the photographic infrared region fromλ7500 toλ9000 of some carbon stars obtained by the coudé spectrograph of the 74-inch reflector attached to the Okayama Astrophysical Observatory. The names of the stars investigated are listed in Table 1.


1999 ◽  
Vol 117 (6) ◽  
pp. 2856-2867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret M. Smith Neubig ◽  
Frederick C. Bruhweiler

1985 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 411-413
Author(s):  
Janet Rountree ◽  
George Sonneborn ◽  
Robert J. Panek

Previous studies of ultraviolet spectral classification have been insufficient to establish a comprehensive classification system for ultraviolet spectra of early-type stars because of inadequate spectral resolution. We have initiated a new study of ultraviolet spectral classification of B stars using high-dispersion IUE archival data. High-dispersion SWP spectra of MK standards and other B stars are retrieved from the IUE archives and numerically degraded to a uniform resolution of 0.25 or 0.50 Å. The spectra (in the form of plots or photowrites) are then visually examined with the aim of setting up a two-dimensional classification matrix. We follow the method used to create the MK classification system for visual spectra. The purpose of this work is to examine the applicability of the MK system (and in particular, the set of standard stars) in the ultraviolet, and to establish classification criteria in this spectral region.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Toci ◽  
Simone Ceppi ◽  
Nicolas Cuello ◽  
Giuseppe Lodato ◽  
Cristiano Longarini ◽  
...  

<p>Binaries and multiple systems are common among young stars (Reipurth et al. 2014). These stars are often surrounded by discs of gas and dust, formed due to the conservation of angular momentum of the collapsing cloud, thought to be the site of planet formation.<br />In the case of binary systems, three discs can form: an outer disc surrounding all the stars (called circumbinary disc), and two inner discs around the stars. As circumbinary planets have recently been discovered by Kepler (see e.g., Martin 2018, Bonavita & Desidera 2020), it is crucial to understand the dynamics and evolution of circumbinary discs to better understand the initial conditions of planet formation in multiple systems.<br />The GG Tau A system is an example of a young multiple T Tauri star. The binary is surrounded by a bright disc, observed in the continuum emission at different wavelengths (see e.g., Guilloteau et al. 1999; Dutrey et al. 2014; Phuong et al. 2020b) and in scattered light (e.g., Duchene et al. 2014, Keppler et al. 2020). The disc extends in the dust from 180 to 280 au from the center of mass, and in the gas up to 850 au. The inner (<180 au) part is depleted in gas and dust. Scattered light images show a complex structure in the inner part of the disc, with arcs and filamentary structures connecting the outer ring with the arcs and three shadows.<br />Two different configurations are possible fitting the proper motion data for the system: a co-planar case with a low eccentricity binary with a semi-major axis of 34 au, explored by Cazzoletti et al. 2017 and Keppler et al. 2020, and a misaligned case (i=30) with an eccentric binary (e=0.45) and a wider semimajor axis of 60 au (Aly et al.2018). At the state of the art, all these analyses focused on the gas dynamics only.<br />We will show the results of new 3D SPH simulations of dust and gas performed with the code PHANTOM, devised to test the two possible scenarios. We will describe the dynamics of the system in the two cases, comparing our models with observational results in order to better constraint the orbital parameter of the GG Tau A system. Our predictions will guide future observing campaigns and shed light on the complex evolution of discs in triple stellar systems.</p> <p> </p>


2018 ◽  
Vol 618 ◽  
pp. A137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Dorda ◽  
Ignacio Negueruela ◽  
Carlos González-Fernández ◽  
Amparo Marco

We present an atlas composed of more than 1500 spectra of late-type stars (spectral types from G to M) observed simultaneously in the optical and calcium triplet spectral ranges. These spectra were obtained as part of a survey to search for cool supergiants in the Magellanic Clouds and were taken over four epochs. We provide the spectral and luminosity classification for each spectrum (71% are supergiants, 13% are giants or luminous giants, 4% are carbon or S stars, and the remaining 12% are foreground stars of lesser luminosities). We also provide a detailed guide for the spectral classification of luminous late-type stars, the result of the extensive classification work done for the atlas. Although this guide is based on classical criteria, we have put them together and re-elaborated them for modern CCD-spectra as these criteria were scattered among many different works and mainly conceived for use with photographic plate spectra. The result is a systematic, well-tested process for identifying and classifying luminous late-type stars, illustrated with CCD spectra of standard stars and the classifications of our own catalogue.


1976 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 475-475
Author(s):  
M. Rodonò

About 50% of the flare events observed on red dwarfs are at least double-peaked. As the majority of flare stars are members of double or multiple systems, the possibility that time-overlapping flares originate quasi-simultaneously on the individual components is discussed.Assuming a poissonian occurrence of flares in both components, the expected probability of observing double-peaked flares is lower than 1% for the most active binary systems.However, from photometric observations of the double flare star EQ Peg (BD +19°5116 AB) carried out by the author with an area scanner (the components' angular separation is 3.7″) about 20% of the observed flares have been found to be double-peaked flares resulting from separate flares, one in each component. A direct flare triggering of the following flare by the preceding one can be ruled out since the light travel-time between the two components is 3.5 h, while the observed time delay between the flare peaks is about 10 min. Moreover, the proximity effect does not seem to play an important triggering role.It is concluded that, although the analogy with solar ‘sympathetic’ flares is not always applicable, it is the most promising framework within which the majority of double-peaked flare events on red dwarfs must be interpreted.


2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (S240) ◽  
pp. 496-498
Author(s):  
K. Shabun ◽  
A. Richichi ◽  
U. Munari ◽  
A. Siviero ◽  
B. Pacsysnki

AbstractBinary and multiple systems constitute one of the main tools for obtaining fundamental stellar parameters, such as masses, radii, effective temperatures and distances. One especially fortunate, and at the same time rare, occurrence is that of double-lined eclipsing binaries with well-detached components. In this special case, it is possible to obtain a full solution of all orbital and stellar parameters, with the exception of the effective temperature of one star, which is normally estimated from spectral type or derived from atmospheric analysis of the spectrum. Long-baseline interferometry at facilities such as the ESO VLTI is beginning to have the capability to measure directly the angular separation and the angular diameter of some selected eclipsing binary systems, and we have proposed such observations with the AMBER instrument. In particular, we aim at deriving directly the effective temperature of at least one of the components in the proposed system, thereby avoiding any assumptions in the global solution through the Wilson–Devinney method. We will also obtain an independent check of the results of this latter method for the distance to the system. This represents the first step towards a global calibration of eclipsing binaries as distance indicators. Our results will also contribute to the effective temperature scale for hot stars. The extension of this approach to a wider sample of eclipsing binaries could provide an independent method to assess the distance to the LMC. The observations will extend accurate empirical calibration to spectral type O9 – B0.


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