Published January 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

SPECKLE OBSERVATIONS OF BINARY STARS WITH THE WIYN TELESCOPE. VII. MEASURES DURING 2008-2009

  • 1. Department of Physics, Southern Connecticut State University, 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT 06515 (United States)
  • 2. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035 (United States)
  • 3. National Optical Astronomy Observatories, 950 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 87719 (United States)
  • 4. Observatori Fabra, Reial Acadèmia de Ciències i Arts de Barcelona, Camí de l'Observatori s/n, E-08002 Barcelona (Spain)
  • 5. Department of Astronomy, Yale University, P.O. Box 208101, New Haven, CT 06520 (United States)

Description

Five hundred thirty-one speckle measures of binary stars are reported. These data were taken mainly during the period 2008 June through 2009 October at the WIYN 3.5 m Telescope at Kitt Peak and represent the last data set of single-filter speckle observations taken in the WIYN speckle program prior to the use of the current two-channel speckle camera. The astrometric and photometric precision of these observations is consistent with previous papers in this series: we obtain a typical linear measurement uncertainty of approximately 2.5 mas, and the magnitude differences reported have typical uncertainties in the range of 0.1-0.14 mag. In combination with measures already in the literature, the data presented here permit the revision of the orbit of A 1634AB (= HIP 76041) and the first determination of visual orbital elements for HDS 1895 (= HIP 65982).

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/143/1/10

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online)
Journal Volume
143
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[10 p.]
ISSN
1538-3881

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43123207
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ACCURACY; ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; BINARY STARS; CAMERAS; FILTERS; ORBITS; PHOTOMETRY; RESOLUTION; TELESCOPES
Descriptors DEC
PHYSICS; STARS