Published April 1977 | Version v1
Journal article

Close companion to α Ursae Majoris

  • 1. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX

Description

After our recent article on the chromospheric emission features of the Mg II resonance doublet near 2800 A observed in α UMa, Bidelman pointed out to us that this star's close companion is considerably brighter than is stated in the Yale Catalogue of Bright Stars. We have synthesized the Mg II feature for this star from the Mg II observations obtained in other single stars. The results show that the close companion to α UMa is late A in type, in general agreement with the spectroscopic studies. This explains the apparent discrepancy in the Mg II doublet emission strengths between α UMa and β Gem

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Journal Title
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Journal Volume
89
Journal Issue
528
Series
Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac.
Journal Page Range
163
ISSN
0004-6280

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
9361710
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
EMISSION SPECTRA; MAGNESIUM; STARS; STELLAR ATMOSPHERES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ATMOSPHERES; ELEMENTS; METALS; SPECTRA

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