Hubble space telescope astrometric observations of pre-main sequence stars for the HIPPARCOS program

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A Stars, Astrometry, B Stars, Binary Stars, Emission Spectra, Pre-Main Sequence Stars, Algorithms, Angular Resolution, Guidance Sensors, Hipparcos Satellite, Hubble Space Telescope, Parallax

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We report on the first set of high angular resolution observations with Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) #3 aboard the Hubble Space Telescope of a sample of T-Tauri and Herbig Ae/Be pre-main sequence stars, which have also been observed with the HIPPARCOS satellite. Among the 5 Ae/Be stars observed so far of particular interest is the new double HIPPARCOS Input Catalog (HIC) 35488 the first close visual pair in this class of stars and possibly a candidate orbital binary. Repeated FGS astrometry combined with the parallaxes provided by HIPPARCOS could yield the first direct determination of the mass of an Ae/Be type pre-main sequence system. Finally, the timely availability of these FGS measurements will help the validation of the algorithms applied to the HIPPARCOS data to detect and possibly measure close pairs.

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