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Description
Summaries are presented of the photoelectric measurements of stellar CaII H and K line intensity made at Mount Wilson Observatory during the years 1966-1983. These results are derived from 65,263 individual observations of 1296 stars. For each star, for each observing season, the maximum, minimum, mean, and variation of the instrumental H and K index "S" are given, as well as a measurement of the accuracy of observation. A total of 3110 seasonal summaries are reported. These observations were obtained with two instruments, HKP-1 and HKP-2. The HKP-2 instrument is a four-channel chopping spectrometer which records counts in 1.09{AA} FWHM triangular bandpasses centered in the H and K lines as well as in two 20{AA} reference bandpasses centered on 3901.067 and 4001.067{AA}. The stellar activity is expressed by the index S defined as S = {alpha} (Nh+Nk)/(Nr+Nv) where Nh and Nk are the counts (corrected from background) in the H and K lines, Nr and Nv those in the reference continuum bandpasses, and {alpha} is a constant of proportionality used to correct for night-to-night instrumental variations. Higher values of S generally correspond to higher levels of chromospehric activities. Factors which effect the ability to detect stellar activity variations and accurately measure their amplitudes such as the accuracy of the H and K measurements and scattered light contamination are discussed. Relations are given which facilitate intercomparison of "S" values with residual intensities from ordinary spectrophotometry, and for converting measurements to absolute fluxes.
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