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Apr 1992
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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 389, April 20, 1992, p. 657-664. Research supported by NSERC.
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Cepheid Variables, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Magnitude, Stellar Oscillations, Ultraviolet Spectra, Binary Stars, Companion Stars, Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, Iue, Stellar Spectrophotometry
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IUE spectra of six Cepheids have been used to determine their absolute magnitudes from the spectral types of their binary companions. The stars observed are U Aql, V659 Cen, Y Lac, S Nor, V350 Sgr, and V636 Sco. The absolute magnitude for V659 Cen is more uncertain than for the others because its reddening is poorly determined and the spectral type is hotter than those of the others. In addition, a reddening law with extra absorption in the 2200 A region is necessary, although this has a negligible effect on the absolute magnitude. For the other Cepheids, and also Eta Aql and W Sgr, the standard deviation from the Feast and Walker period-luminosity-color (PLC) relation is 0.37 mag, confirming the previously estimated internal uncertainty. The absolute magnitudes for S Nor from the binary companion and from cluster membership are very similar. The preliminary PLC zero point is less than 2 sigma (+0.21 mag) different from that of Feast and Walker. The same narrowing of the instability strip at low luminosities found by Fernie is seen.
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