Equivalent width of NA I and K I lines and reddening.

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Feb 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997a%26a...318..269m&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.318, p.269-274

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Interstellar Medium: Atoms, Interstellar Medium: Dust, Extinction

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The profile, radial velocity and equivalent width of the interstellar lines of Na I (5890.0, 5895.9Å) and K I (7699.0Å) have been obtained from Echelle+CCD observations at resolving power λ/{DELTA}λ~16,500 for 32 O and early B stars suffering from a reddening between E_B-V_=0.06 and 1.57. The data have been used to search for and calibrate a relation between equivalent width and reddening. When the interstellar lines show a single and sharp component, useful relations to estimate reddening from equivalent widths have been derived. The relation for Na I is most sensitive in the range 0.0<=E_B-V_<=0.4, and the one for K I takes over at higher reddening. Good quality equivalent width measurements allow E_B-V_ to be estimated with an accuracy of about 0.05 mag. For multi-component profiles of Na I and K I lines the estimate of reddening is more ambiguous with a general scatter of 0.15mag. Close blends of multiple components allow only an estimate of an upper limit to E_B-V_.

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