A study of the optical and ultraviolet spectral characteristics and of the circumstellar material around the new luminous blue variable WRA 751

Details A study of the optical and ultraviolet spectral characteristics and of the circumstellar material around the new luminous blue variable WRA 751 A study of the optical and ultraviolet spectral characteristics and of the circumstellar material around the new luminous blue variable WRA 751

Apr 1992

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Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 257, no. 2, p. 632-640.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Blue Stars, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Luminosity, Ultraviolet Spectra, Variable Stars, Visible Spectrum, Early Stars, Southern Sky, Spectrum Analysis, Supergiant Stars

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The LBV characteristics of the new LBV candidate WRA 751 suggested by Hu et al. (1990) are studied in greater detail. A comparison is made with observational characteristics of the well-known LBVs Ag Car and HR Car using photometric and spectroscopic data of Hu et al. supplemented with an IUE spectrum and direct CCD images in H-alpha, blue, and red. It is found that the spectra of WRA 751 and HR Car discussed in this paper are similar to the minimum-phase spectrum of AG Car and therefore resemble the Of/WN 9 spectral type. The characteristics of the optical, near- and far-UV (IUE) spectra of the Fe II spectrum in these wavelength regions is due to continuum fluorescence. The H, He I, Fe II and forbidden Fe II emission lines are formed in different parts of the stars' envelopes, corresponding to their expanding velocities. It is concluded that WRA 751 has properties which fit well the LBV properties at minimum-brightness phase, and possesses circumstellar material with observational properties similar to those of the known LBVs AG Car and HR Car.

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