- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/448/2737
- Title:
- New PMS K/M Stars in Upper Scorpius
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/448/2737
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present 237 new spectroscopically confirmed pre-main-sequence K- and M-type stars in the young Upper Scorpius subgroup of the Sco-Cen association, the nearest region of recent massive star formation. Using the Wide-Field Spectrograph at the Australian National University 2.3 m telescope at Siding Spring, we observed 397 kinematically and photometrically selected candidate members of Upper Scorpius, and identified new members by the presence of lithium absorption. The HR-diagram of the new members shows a spread of ages, ranging from ~3 to 20Myr, which broadly agrees with the current age estimates of ~5-10Myr. We find a significant range of Li 6708 equivalent widths among the members, and a minor dependence of HR-diagram position on the measured equivalent width of the Li 6708{AA} line, with members that appear younger having more lithium. This could indicate the presence of either populations of different age, or a spread of ages in Upper Scorpius. We also use Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer data to infer circumstellar disc presence in 25 of the members on the basis of infrared excesses, including two candidate transition discs. We find that 11.2+/-3.4% the M0-M2 spectral type (0.4-0.8M_{sun}_) Upper Sco stars display an excess that indicates the presence of a gaseous disc.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/551/A31
- Title:
- New spectral classification for hot subdwarfs
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/551/A31
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- An MK (Morgan-Keenan)-like system of spectral classification for hot subdwarfs is presented. We find that a three-dimensional spectral type, consisting of a 'spectral' class, a 'luminosity' class, and a 'helium' class, is necessary to classify the sdO (subdwarf O) and sdB (subdwarf B) stars. In addition, the helium-strong stars appear to form two parallel spectral sequences: one showing strong lines of CII, CIII, or CIV, and the other with these same lines weak or absent. We also give a preliminary calibration of the new spectral types in terms of effective temperature, surface gravity, and surface helium-to-hydrogen abundance ratio, and show the relation between the new spectral types and the natural groups defined by the PG (Palomar-Green) survey.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PAZh/34/21
- Title:
- New spectral types for Tycho2 stars
- Short Name:
- J/PAZh/34/21
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We compare the spectroscopic and trigonometric parallaxes of common stars from the Tycho-2 Spectral Type and Hipparcos Catalogues. This comparison has revealed that the distance estimations for the overwhelming majority of stars by both methods yield very similar results. However, there is a small fraction of stars for which the distance estimates differences.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/578/A3
- Title:
- New survey of supergiants in the MCs
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/578/A3
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this study, we conduct a pilot program aimed at the red supergiant population of the Magellanic Clouds. We intend to extend the current known sample to the unexplored low end of the brightness distribution of these stars, building a more representative dataset with which to extrapolate their behaviour to other Galactic and extra-galactic environments. We select candidates using only near infrared photometry, and with medium resolution multi-object spectroscopy, we perform spectral classification and derive their line-of-sight velocities, confirming the nature of the candidates and their membership to the clouds. Around two hundred new RSGs have been detected, hinting at a yet to be observed large population. Using near and mid infrared photometry we study the brightness distribution of these stars, the onset of mass-loss and the effect of dust in their atmospheres. Based on this sample, new a priori classification criteria are investigated, combining mid and near infrared photometry to improve the observational efficiency of similar programs as this.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/JDSO/6.30
- Title:
- New Wide Common Proper Motion Binaries
- Short Name:
- J/other/JDSO/6.3
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this work we report the discovery of 150 new double stars of which 142 are wide common proper motion stellar systems. In addition to this, we report the study of 23 recently catalogued wide common proper motion binaries discovered by other observers. Spectral types, photometric distances, kinematics and ages were determined from data obtained consulting the literature. Several criteria were used to determine the nature of each double star. Orbital periods and the semimajor axes were calculated.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/106/1906
- Title:
- NGC 6611: A Cluster Caught in the Act
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/106/1906
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have combined optical CCD photometry and spectroscopy with infrared imaging photometry to study the young cluster NGC 6611. We use these data to derive improved values for the reddening law (R=3.75) and the distance modulus (m-M=11.5), and to construct a physical H-R diagram from which we can probe the ages, masses, and evolutionary states of this stellar ensemble. The H-R diagram shows a strong population of high-mass stars, the most massive of which has a mass of roughly 80 solar masses, similar to what we find in other Galactic and Magellanic Cloud clusters and associations. The age of the massive stellar population in NGC 6611 is approximately 2 million years, with an age spread of, perhaps, a million years, although the data are also consistent with there being no discernible age spread among the most massive stars. However, the H-R diagram does reveal that one star of somewhat lower mass (30 solar masses) must have formed approximately 6 million years ago. The upper end of the mass function of NGC 6611 is found to have a slope of Gamma=-1.1+/-0.3, indistinguishable from a Salpeter slope, and similar to what we have found in other Galactic associations, but shallower than what we have found in the Magellanic Clouds. Our most significant result, however, is that we catch this cluster in the act of forming intermediate mass (3-8 Solar masses) stars. This is the first well-established case where large numbers of intermediate-mass stars have been seen on their way to the zero-age main sequence. That intermediate mass pre-main sequence stars are indeed present is evidenced both by their location above the zero-age main sequence in the H-R diagram, and in some cases by their spectroscopic and infrared signatures of (possibly remnant protostellar) circumstellar material. The pre-main sequence population ranges from as young as 0.25 million years to at least 1 million years of age. We find an highly unusual number (27) of emission-line stars, which appear quite similar in their optical and infrared continuum and optical spectroscopic properties to "classical Be/Ae" stars (as opposed to Herbig Be/Ae stars). Our data are inconsistent with the traditional interpretation that these "classical Be/Ae" stars are slightly evolved stars undergoing mass loss. Instead, we offer the conjecture that these may be young stars whose circumstellar disks have become optically thin, and produce Balmer emission lines. The infrared data do indicate a number of stars, particularly amongst the embedded sample, whose colors are consistent with those of stars thought to be surrounded by optically thick circumstellar accretion disks. The identification of such disks around young massive stars continues to be rare, and implies that the disk survival times around intermediate and high mass stars are much shorter (< 0.5Myr) than those of disks surrounding lower mass stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/103
- Title:
- NGP G5-M stars RV, DDO and BV photometry
- Short Name:
- V/103
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Radial velocities are given for some 900 stars within 15{deg} of the North Galactic Pole, including almost all such stars classified G5 or latter in the Henry-Draper Catalogue (Cat. <III/135>). Luminosities, two-dimensional spectral classes, composition indices, and distances are derived for the majority of the sample through DDO and BV photometry. The radial velocities come from several instruments (see the "Note(2)" section below) ; the BV and DDO photometries were obtained at Mount Laguna Observatory, with the San Diego State University 24-inch Schmidt reflector.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/138/466
- Title:
- NSVS variables automated classification
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/138/466
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have identified 4659 variable objects in the Northern Sky Variability Survey. We have classified each of these objects into one of the five variable star classes: (1) Algol/alpha Lyr systems including semidetached, and detached eclipsing binaries, (2) W Ursae Majoris overcontact and ellipsoidal variables, (3) long-period variables such as Cepheid and Mira-type objects, (4) RR Lyr pulsating variables, and (5) short-period variables including delta Scuti stars. All the candidates have outside of eclipse magnitudes of ~10-13.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/2/389
- Title:
- Observations of O and B stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/2/389
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This catalog of O and B stars contains magnitudes, colors, spectral types and polarization for 1259 stars. In addition to observations, the catalogue contains the derived absorption and distance modulus. A photoelectric photometer attached to the 82-inch (2m) reflector of the McDonald Observatory was used for the polarization observations. The photometric UBV observations were made over a period of 4 years with the 13-inch (33cm) and the 82-inch telescopes at McDonald. The spectroscopic classification was made with a new camera installed on the Cassegrain spectrograph, with a dispersion of 86{AA}/mm at H{delta}.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/543/A101
- Title:
- OB stars in Cygnus OB2 association
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/543/A101
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Cygnus OB2 association and its surroundings display the richest collection of massive stars in our nearby Galactic environment and a wealth of signposts of the interaction between these stars and the interstellar gas. We perform a magnitude-limited, homogeneous census of O and early B-type stars with accurate spectral classifications in the blue, in a 6{deg}x4{deg} region centered on Cygnus OB2 that includes most of the Cygnus X complex, a sizeable fraction of the adjacent Cygnus OB9 association, and a large area of the field surrounding these complexes
