The chemical composition, gravity, and temperature of Sirius

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Atmospheric Models, Chemical Composition, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Gravitation, Stellar Temperature, Abundance, Balmer Series, Iron, Stellar Models, Ultraviolet Astronomy

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Observational data available for Sirius are of poorer quality than those for Vega, with both the angular diameter and absolute fluxes at different wavelengths being less accurately known. While these data yield an effective temperature of 10,000 + or - 250 K, the 13-color photometry of Johnson and Mitchell (1975) suggests that Sirius is about 450 K hotter than Vega's effective temperature of 9650 + or - 200 K. The c(1) color of the uvby system, the 33-52 and 35-52 colors of the 13-color photometry, and the H-alpha, H-beta and H-gamma line profiles all give log g values of about 4.3, which is in agreement with the value deduced from the mass and the radius, the latter being deduced from the angular diameter and the parallax.

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