Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997mnras.284..711k&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 284, Issue 3, pp. 711-716.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Methods: Statistical, Techniques: Interferometric, Stars: Individual: Alpha Ori, Supergiants.
Scientific paper
Bispectrum image reconstructions of the red supergiant Alpha Orionis, based upon CCD observations made with the 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope in 1995 January, are presented, and the statistical significance of asymmetries across the stellar disc established at better than 99 per cent certainty. Asymmetry is present in at least two wavebands, although the statistical evidence is stronger in the continuum than within a TiO absorption band. The asymmetry may be interpreted as being due to the presence of a bright feature contributing some 15-20 per cent of the total observed disc brightness. Ambiguities present in simple limb-darkened model fits to the power spectrum are shown, and the allowed range of limb-darkening coefficients and disc diameters is given.
Edmunds Michael G.
Kluckers V. A.
Morris R. H.
Wooder Nick
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