Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986aj.....92..431h&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 92, Aug. 1986, p. 431-435.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Abundance, Cool Stars, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Spectrophotometry, White Dwarf Stars, Carbon, Line Spectra, Milky Way Galaxy, Spectral Line Width, Spectrum Analysis, Stellar Motions, Subdwarf Stars
Scientific paper
Spectroscopic observations are reported for 23 Luyten Half-Second degenerate star candidates and for 13 Luyten-Palomar common proper-motion pairs containing possible degenerate star components. Twenty-five degenerate stars are identified, 20 of which lack previous spectroscopy. Most of these stars are cool - Luyten color class g or later. One star, LP 77-57, shows broad continuum depressions similar to those in LHS 1126, which Liebert and Dahn attributed to pressure-shifted C2. A second degenerate star, LHS 290, exhibits apparent strong Swan bands which are blueshifted about 75 A. Further observations, including polarimetry and photometry, are required to appraise the spectroscopic peculiarities of these stars. Finally, five cool, sharp-lined DA white dwarfs have been observed to detect lines of metals and to determine line strengths. None of these DAs show signs of Mg b or the G band, and four show no evidence of Ca II K. The attempt to detect Ca MI in the fifth star, G199-71, was inconclusive.
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