A study of the spectrum of HD 108, an unusual Of star

Details A study of the spectrum of HD 108, an unusual Of star A study of the spectrum of HD 108, an unusual Of star

Jan 1994

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The Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 420, no. 2, p. 869-879

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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O Stars, Peculiar Stars, Photosphere, Radial Velocity, Absorption Spectra, Forbidden Bands, Line Spectra, Periodic Variations, Signal To Noise Ratios

Scientific paper

Spectra of the peculiar O star HD 108 obtained at a scale of 30 A/mm in the years 1986-1991 have been studied for line displacements and line profiles. The wavelength regions covered are 4180-5050 A, 5100-5980 A, and 6180-7070 A. The spectra were recorded with a Reticon, and most have a signal-to-noise ratio per pixel in the continuum greater than 200. It is argued that the spectral type is best described as O7fpe III. The spectrum at the time of observation was similar to te description given by Plaskett (1924), but the radial velocity has changed. In 1922 and 1923 the absorption lines and the emission lines showed a displacement of -62 km/s. In the ensuing years the radial velocity shown by the absorption lines, mostly He II, N III, and O III, has changed to about -84 km/s in 1991. The emission-line velocity remained near -62 km/s until about 1991, when this radial velocity became (apparently) about -66 km/s. There is some reason to suspect that the last few spectra obtained in 1991 suffer from a small random negative shift. The meaning of the radial velocity results is discussed, and it is argued that by 1973 the photosphere may have begun to undergo an outward surge. The change of motion shown by the emission lines is less than that shown by the photospheric absorption lines. It is argued that the emission lines, both the strong sharp emission lines due to H and He I and the weaker lines due to C II, C III, N II, O II, and Si III, are formed in a polar jet which is moving almost perpendicular to the line of sight. The star HD 108 appears to be related to the luminous blues variables (LBVs) and to the B(e) stars. No forbidden emission lines, as from a nebula, were detected in the visible spectral range. Strong distinctive P Cygni type displaced absorption components for the H and He I lines are not seen. Rather, one sees a sharp emission line superposed on a photospehric absorption line. The absence of a strong P Cygni type absorption component indicates that the optical depth along the line of sight to the jet is small in the H and He I lines. The profiles of the H and He I emission components are somewhat asymmetric. This suggests that weak P Cygni type absorption takes place in the plasma forming the emission lines.

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