Orion-2 - First scientific results

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Spaceborne Astronomy, Spectral Energy Distribution, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Spectra, Ultraviolet Spectra, A Stars, Absorption Spectra, Astronomical Photography, Emission Spectra, Hot Stars, Line Spectra, Soyuz Spacecraft, Star Distribution

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Ultraviolet spectrograms of thousands of faint stars (up to 13th mag.) are analyzed which were obtained between 2000 and 5000 A by means of the Orion-2 space observatory aboard Soyuz 13. The primary purpose of the observations was to study the continuous spectra of stars in the UV region. Some of the results obtained include: (1) agreement between theoretical predictions and the observed distribution of continuum UV energy in normal hot stars, (2) the discovery of a class of high-temperature stars with low absolute luminosities, (3) confirmation of the blocking effect of UV absorption lines expected for A-type stars, (4) detection of the blocking effect of emission lines in the spectra of Be and normal O-type stars, and (5) the derivation of some empirical regularities concerning the behavior of the Mg II doublet at 2800 A. A technique is developed for the spectral classification of stars according to their UV spectral images.

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