The ultraviolet variability of early-type supergiants

Details The ultraviolet variability of early-type supergiants The ultraviolet variability of early-type supergiants

Oct 1984

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 285, Oct. 15, 1984, p. 668-673.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Early Stars, Stellar Spectra, Supergiant Stars, Ultraviolet Spectra, Variable Stars, Iue, Radii, Stellar Magnitude, Stellar Temperature, Variability

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Four early-type supergiants - HD 79186 (B5 Ia), HD 96919 (B9 Ia), HD 105056 (ON9.7 Iae), and HD 148379 (B2 Iae) - have been observed with the low-resolution spectrographs of IUE in the large aperture on 14 days. The behavior of the ultraviolet fluxes with time is studied. The light from all four stars seems to vary. Typically the dispersion about the mean magnitude at any wavelength corresponds to + or - 0.085, + or - 0.080, + or - 0.101, and + or - 0.106 mag, respectively. These amplitudes exceed the typical uncertainty in an IUE measurement of flux by about a factor of 3; they are somewhat larger than the variations known in the visible wavelength range. There are insufficient data to investigate periodicity in the observed light changes. The effective temperatures and angular diameters of the stars have been estimated using the present ultraviolet photometry, published UBV and uvby photometry, and the model-atmosphere fluxes reported by Kurucz in 1979. The program stars have dimensions typical for their spectral types. A brief discussion is given of possible causes of the variability of hot supergiants.

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