Resulting from the cooperation between Beijing, San Juan and La Plata Astronomical Observatories, the photoelectric astrolabe Mark II(PAII) of the Beijing Astronomical Observatory was moved and installed at the San Juan Observatory, Argentina in January, 1992 for observations of stars in the southern hemisphere. Using the data observed with the instrument from Feb. 23 1992 to Mar. 11, 2000 over 2382 days, the Third San Juan photoelectric astrolabe catalogue has been compiled from double transits at both the eastern and western passages. There are 6762 stars in this catalogue, including 6156 Hipparcos stars (in which there are 69 radio stars), 8 FK5 stars, 47 SRS stars, 551 CAMC4 stars. The mean precisions are +/-3.0ms and +/-0.053"' in right ascension and declination, respectively. The magnitudes of stars are from 1.0 to 11.5. The declinations are from -3{deg} to -60{deg}. The mean epoch is 1996.3. Systematic corrections of (CPASJ3-Hipp) are given.
Using the data observed with the Photoelectric Astrolabe Mark II (PA II) of the Beijing Astronomical Observatory during the period from Feb. 1992 to Oct. 1993 in San Juan of Argentina, the first catalogue of stars (PASJ1, Cat. <J/A+AS/118/1>) have been compiled. It consists of 1400 stars included 682 FK5/FK4 Supp stars. 433 FK5 Ext stars and 285 CAMC stars (1, 1989). The mean precisions of delta alpha's and delta delta's are +/-3.2ms and 0.055", respectively. The mean epoch is 1992.9. Finally, systematic corrections of (PASJ1-FK5) are given.
We present the detection of molecular absorption lines in the optical spectrum of the post-AGB star HD 56126. The C_2_ Phillips A^1^{PI}_u_-X^1^{SIGMA}^+^_g_(1,0), (2,0), and (3,0); Swan d^3^{PI}_g_-a^3^{PI}_u_(0,0) and (1,0); and CN Red system A^2^{PI}-X^2^{SIGMA}^+^ (1,0), (2,0), (3,0), and (4,0) bands have been identified. From the identification of the molecular bands we find an expansion velocity of 8.5+/-0.6km/s independent of excitation condition or molecular specie. On the basis of the expansion velocity, rotational temperatures, and molecular column densities we argue that the line-forming region is the AGB remnant. This is in agreement with the expansion velocity derived from the CO lines. We find column densities of logN_C_2__=15.3+/-0.3cm^-2^ and logN_CN_=15.5+/-0.3cm^-2^, and rotational temperatures of T_rot_=242+/-20K and T_rot_=24+/-5K respectively for C_2_ and CN. By studying molecular line absorption in optical spectra of post-AGB stars we have found a new tracer of the AGB remnant. From comparison with the results of CO and IR observations it is possible to obtain information on non-spherical behavior of the AGB remnant. Using different molecules with different excitation conditions it should be possible to study the AGB remnant as a function of the distance to the star, and thus as a function of the evolutionary status of the star on the AGB.
We present a catalogue of 2572 new double stars with common proper motion and angular separation smaller than 2 arcminutes, found in PM2000 proper motion catalogue. To this catalogue we add an annex of 259 of common proper motion doublestars with angular separation between 2 and 5 arcminutes and proper motion larger than 50mas/yr. A by-product of this work was the identification in PM2000 and remeasurement of 926 WDS double stars.
We studied the polarization behavior of the quasar 3C 273 over the 1mm wavelength band at ALMA with a total bandwidth of 7.5GHz across 223-243GHz at 0.8" resolution, corresponding to 2.1kpc at the distance of 3C 273. With these observations we were able to probe the optically thin polarized emission close to the jet base, and constrain the magnetic field structure. We computed the Faraday rotation measure using simple linear fitting and Faraday rotation measure synthesis. In addition, we modeled the broadband behavior of the fractional Stokes Q and U parameters (qu-fitting). The systematic uncertainties in the polarization observations at ALMA were assessed through Monte Carlo simulations. We find the unresolved core of 3C 273 to be 1.8% linearly polarized. We detect a very high rotation measure (RM) of (5.0+/-0.3)x10^5^rad/m^2^ over the 1 mm band when assuming a single polarized component and an external RM screen. This results in a rotation of >40{deg} of the intrinsic electric vector position angle, which is significantly higher than typically assumed for millimeter wavelengths. The polarization fraction increases as a function of wavelength, which according to our qu-fitting could be due to multiple polarized components of different Faraday depth within our beam or to internal Faraday rotation. With our limited wavelength coverage we cannot distinguish between the cases, and additional multifrequency and high angular resolution observations are needed to determine the location and structure of the magnetic field of the Faraday active region. Comparing our RM estimate with values obtained at lower frequencies, the RM increases as a function of observing frequency, following a power law with an index of 2.0+/-0.2, consistent with a sheath surrounding a conically expanding jet. We also detect ~0.2% circular polarization, although further observations are needed to confirm this result.
Fine analyses of the silicon star HD 43819 and the CP star HD 147550 are presented using ATLAS9 model atmospheres whose predictions fit the optical region spectrophotometry and H{gamma} profiles and have the same bulk metallicity as the deduced abundances. For HD 43819 except for scandium and nickel, the derived abundances of the iron peak elements are around 10 times solar while those of the rare earths are about 1000 times solar. The lighter elements are generally underabundant except for silicon and calcium which are overabundant. HD 147550 is helium and calcium poor; carbon, magnesium, aluminum, scandium, titanium, and iron normal; and sulfur, chromium, manganese, nickel, strontium, zirconium, barium, europium, and mercury rich. It is a nonmagnetic CP star intermediate between the HgMn and the hot Am stars.
To enlarge our data base of chemically peculiar stars, we compiled published data concerning the He-weak and He-rich stars observed by high-resolution spectroscopy techniques during last decades. Twenty He-weak and 28 He-rich stars have been added to the data base. We have also distinguished roAp stars from stars previously identified as Ap stars. To deepen our knowledge on statistical overview of the abundance anomalies versus the physical parameters of stars, we compared our data with previous compilations. We applied statistical tests on our data and found interesting correlations for effective temperature and surface gravity for all type of stars and a few correlations for projected rotation velocity only for He-rich stars. Because of the lack of the data, we could not check whether being a member of binary system is affecting on chemical peculiarities of those stars.
With the aim to corroborate the result of a search for chemically peculiar stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), we present measurements obtained from CCD imaging of two fields, one containing a young open cluster (NGC 1711). ************************************************************************** * * * Sorry, but the author(s) never supplied the tabular material * * announced in the paper * * * **************************************************************************
We present the results of measuring longitudinal magnetic fields (B_e_), rotation velocities (v_esini_), and radial velocities (V_r_) of 92 stars observed with the Main Stellar Spectrograph (MSS) of the 6-m BTA telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory in 2010. Observations of standard stars without magnetic fields confirm the absence of systematic errors capable of introducing distortions into the longitudinal-field measurement results.
