The absolute magnitude of the early type MK standards from HIPPARCOS parallaxes

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Feb 1998

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Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.330, p.619-625 (1998)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Stars: Early Type Mk Standards, Absolute Magnitude

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We analyse the standards of the MK system with the help of Hipparcos parallaxes, using only stars for which the error of the absolute magnitude is <= 0.3 mag. We find that the main sequence is a wide band and that, although in general giants and dwarfs have different absolute magnitudes, the separation between luminosity classes V and III is not clear. Furthermore, there are a number of exceptions to the strict relation between luminosity class and absolute magnitude. We analyse similarly the system of standards defined by Garrison & Gray (1994) separating low and high rotational velocity standards. We find similar effects as in the original MK system. We propose a revision of the MK standards, to eliminate the most deviant cases. Based on data from the ESA Hipparcos astrometry satellite

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