- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/373/608
- Title:
- Early-type stars towards the Galactic Center. II.
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/373/608
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We are searching for early-type stars towards the Galactic centre which are potentially young objects situated within the inner few kiloparsecs of the disk. Photographic photometry from the UK Schmidt Telescope has been used to identify the bluest candidates in nineteen Schmidt fields (centred close to the Galactic centre). We have previously obtained FLAIR low dispersion spectroscopy for three of these fields to estimate spectral types and here we present spectroscopy for an additional seven fields. Combining the results for all ten fields, 56 stars were initially classified as early-B type. Estimates of the equivalent widths of their Balmer and He I lines have been used to estimate atmospheric parameters and 32 targets have effective temperatures greater than or equal to 17000K (corresponding to a spectral type of B3 or earlier). The spectra of seven of these targets also have absorption lines due to O II and Si III and can be reliably classified as early-B type. Additionally 78 stars have estimated effective temperatures between 11000 and 16000K with a further 50 objects identified as late-B (or early-A) type. All but two of the early B-type candidates have magnitudes in the range 12.0<=V<=16.0, and our best estimates of their distance suggest that they could be close to (i.e. R_g_<3kpc), or even beyond the Galactic centre.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/139/231
- Title:
- Early-type stars towards the Galactic Centre
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/139/231
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have begun a search for early-type stars towards the galactic centre which are potentially young objects situated within the inner few kiloparsecs of the disk. U and V (or I) band photographic photometry from the UK Schmidt Telescope has been obtained to identify the bluest candidates in nineteen Schmidt fields (centred close to the galactic centre). We have spectroscopically observed these targets for three fields with the FLAIR multi-fibre system to determine their spectral types. In particular, ten early B-type stars have been identified and equivalent width measurements of their Balmer and HeI lines have been used to estimate atmospheric parameters. These early-type objects have magnitudes in the range 11.5=<V<=16.0, and our best estimates of their distance (given probable highly variable reddening in this direction together with errors in the plate photometry) suggest that some of them originated close to (i.e R_g_<3kpc), or even beyond the galactic centre. Future high-resolution spectroscopy of these stars will provide reliable atmospheric parameters and element abundances, in order to map the current chemical composition of the inner galaxy.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/578/A45
- Title:
- E-BOSS. II. Catalogue second release
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/578/A45
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Stellar bow shocks have been studied not only observationally, but also theoretically since the late 1980s. Only a few catalogues of them exist. The bow shocks show emission along all the electromagnetic spectrum, but they are detected more easily in infrared wavelengths. The release of new and high-quality infrared data eases the discovery and subsequent study of new objects. We search stellar bow-shock candidates associated with nearby runaway stars, and gather them together with those found elsewhere, to enlarge the list of the E-BOSS first release. We aim to characterize the bow-shock candidates and provide a database suitable for statistical studies. We investigate the low-frequency radio emission at the position of the bow-shock features, that can contribute to further studies of high-energy emission from these objects. We considered samples from different literature sources and searched for bow-shaped structures associated with stars in the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) images. We looked for each bow-shock candidate on centimeter radio surveys. We reunited 45 bow-shock candidates and generated composed WISE images to show the emission in different infrared bands. Among them there are new sources, previously studied objects, and bow shocks found serendipitously. Five bow shocks show evidence of radio emission. Stellar bow shocks constitute an active field with open questions and enormous amounts of data to be analyzed. Future research at all wavelengths databases, and use of instruments like Gaia, will provide a more complete picture of these objects. For instance, infrared spectral energy distributions can give information about physical parameters of the bow shock matter. In addition, dedicated high-sensitivity radio observations can help to understand the radio-{gamma} connection.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/129/2815
- Title:
- Eleven new {gamma} Doradus variables
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/129/2815
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new high-dispersion spectroscopic and precise photometric observations to identify 11 new {gamma} Doradus variables. Seven of these new Doradus stars appear to be single, three are primaries of single-lined binaries, and one has two distant visual companions; none are double-lined or close visual binaries. Several of the stars show spectroscopic line-profile and low-amplitude radial velocity variability indicative of pulsation. All 11 stars are photometrically variable with amplitudes between 8 and 93mmag in Johnson B and periods between 0.398 and 2.454 days.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/555/A25
- Title:
- Equivalent widths of DIBs
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/555/A25
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Stellar spectroscopic surveys may bring useful statistical information on the links between diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) and the interstellar environment. DIB databases can also be used as a complementary tool for locating interstellar (IS) clouds. Our goal is to develop fully automated methods of DIB measurements to be applied to extensive data from stellar surveys. We present a method that is appropriate for early-type nearby stars, along with its application to high-resolution spectra of ~130 targets recorded with the ESO FEROS spectrograph and comparisons with other determinations. Using a DIB average profile deduced from the most reddened stars, we performed an automated fitting of a combination of a smooth stellar continuum, the DIB profile, and, when necessary, a synthetic telluric transmission.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/450/4364
- Title:
- Extended H2 emission from massive YSOs survey
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/450/4364
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results from a survey, designed to investigate the accretion process of massive young stellar objects (MYSOs) through near infrared narrow band imaging using the H_2_ {nu}=1-0 S(1) transition filter. A sample of 353 Massive Young Stellar Object (MYSO) candidates was selected from the Red MSX Source survey using photometric criteria at longer wavelengths (infrared and submillimeter) and chosen with positions throughout the Galactic Plane. Our survey was carried out at the SOAR Telescope in Chile and CFHT in Hawaii covering both hemispheres.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AN/324/219
- Title:
- Extinction of OB stars
- Short Name:
- J/AN/324/219
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The paper presents an extensive list of the total to selective extinction ratios R calculated from the infrared magnitudes of 597 O and B stars using the extrapolation method. The IR magnitudes of these stars were taken from the literature. The IR colour excesses are determined with the aid of "artificial standards", Wegner (1994MNRAS.270..229W). The individual and mean values of total to selective extinction ratios R differ in most cases from the average value R=3.10+/-0.05, Wegner (1993AcA....43..209W) in different OB associations. The relation between total to selective extinction ratios R determined in this paper and those calculated using the "method of variable extinction" and the Cardelli et al. (1989ApJ...345..245C) formulae is discussed. The R values presented in this paper can be used to determine individual absolute magnitudes of reddened OB stars with known trigonometric parallaxes.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/96/605
- Title:
- Far UV Stellar Photometry
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/96/605
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Far-ultraviolet photometry for 741 objects in a field in Sagittarius centered near M8 and 541 objects in a field centered near zeta Scorpii is presented. These data were extracted from electrographic images obtained with two cameras during a shuttle flight in 1991 April/May. The cameras provided band passes with lambda_eff = 1375 A and lambda_eff = 1781 A. Synthetic colors show that these bands are sensitive to effective temperature for hot stars. Our measurements were placed on a quantitative far-ultraviolet magnitude scale by convolving the spectra of stars observed by IUE with our cameras' spectral response functions. Fifty-eight percent of the ultraviolet objects were identified with visible stars using the SIMBAD database while another 40% of the objects are blends of early type stars too close together to separate with our resolution. Our photometry is compared with that from the TD-1, OAO 2, and ANS satellites and the S201 (Apollo 16) far-ultraviolet camera and found to agree at the level of a few tenths of a magnitude. Unlike previous studies, almost half of the identified visual counterparts to the ultraviolet objects are early B stars. A plot of distance modulus against ultraviolet color excess reveals a significant population of stars with strong ultraviolet excesses.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/399/432
- Title:
- Fitted UBV magnitude for MS stars
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/399/432
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We fit the colour-magnitude diagrams of stars between the zero-age main-sequence and terminal-age main sequence in young clusters and associations. The ages we derive are a factor of 1.5-2 longer than the commonly used ages for these regions, which are derived from the positions of pre-main-sequence stars in colour-magnitude diagrams. From an examination of the uncertainties in the main-sequence and pre-main-sequence models, we conclude that the longer age scale is probably the correct one, which implies that we must revise upwards the commonly used ages for young clusters and associations. Such a revision would explain the discrepancy between the observational lifetimes of protoplanetary discs and theoretical calculations of the time to form planets. It would also explain the absence of clusters with ages between 5 and 30Myr.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/506/471
- Title:
- Frequency analysis of CoRoT B stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/506/471
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We search for new variable B-type pulsators in the CoRoT data assembled primarily for planet detection, as part of CoRoT's Additional Programme. We aim to explore the properties of newly discovered B-type pulsators from the uninterrupted CoRoT spacebased photometry and to compare them with those of known members of the beta Cep and slowly pulsating B star (SPB) classes. We developed automated data analysis tools which include algorithms for jump correction, light curve detrending, frequency detection, frequency combination search and frequency and period spacing search. Besides numerous new classical slowly pulsating B stars, we find evidence for a new class of low-amplitude B-type pulsators between the SPB and delta Sct instability strips, with a very broad range of frequencies and low amplitudes, as well as several slowly pulsating B stars with residual excess power at frequencies typically a factor three above their expected g-mode frequencies. The frequency data we obtained for numerous new B-type pulsators represent an appropriate starting point for further theoretical analyses of these stars, once their effective temperature, gravity, rotation velocity and abundances will be derived spectroscopically in the framework of an ongoing FLAMES survey at VLT.
