Description
We present the first results of an ambitious ground-based observation programme conducted on 1-4m class telescopes. Our sample consists of 1097 active and presumably young stars, all of them being optical (Tycho Catalogue) counterparts of ROSAT All- Sky Survey X-ray sources in the northern hemisphere. In this paper, we concentrate on the optically brightest (VT<=9.5m) candidates (704 objects).We acquired high-resolution optical spectroscopy in the H{alpha} and/or lithium spectral regions for 426 of such stars without relevant data in the literature. We describe the star sample and the observations and we start to discuss the physical properties of the investigated stars.
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