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Apr 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979apj...229..196l&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 229, Apr. 1, 1979, p. 196-202.
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Late Stars, M Stars, Stellar Spectrophotometry, White Dwarf Stars, Astronomical Catalogs, Atmospheric Models, Cool Stars, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Motions, Stellar Temperature
Scientific paper
A cool degenerate star with very red colors is reported. The colors are V = 17.77, B-V = 1.47, (V-R)J = 1.15, and (V-I)KM = 1.29. The B-V color is substantially redder than in any previous low-luminosity degenerate except the blanketed LP 701-29; yet in this case there are no obvious features in the optical spectrum. Comparison is made with BVI colors presented for other cool white dwarfs and with model-atmosphere predictions. Considerable scatter and evidence for blanketing are noted in the colors of the very cool stars. One interpretation of the extreme colors of LP 131-66 is that it has a temperature substantially below 4000 K, probably with a helium-rich atmosphere. An alternative possibility is that peculiar blanketing, not apparent in the spectroscopic observations, reddens the optical energy distribution, with the star having a somewhat higher temperature.
Dahn Conard C.
Gresham M.
Hege Keith E.
Liebert James
Moore Robert L.
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