AN INFRARED COLOR-MAGNITUDE RELATIONSHIP

Authors
HICKMAN MA SLOAN GC CANTERNA R
Citation
Ma. Hickman et al., AN INFRARED COLOR-MAGNITUDE RELATIONSHIP, The Astronomical journal, 110(6), 1995, pp. 2910-2913
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
The Astronomical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00046256
Volume
110
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2910 - 2913
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6256(1995)110:6<2910:AICR>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We have investigated a sample of dusty supergiants and Mira variables and have found a roughly linear relationship between the absolute magn itude at 12 mu m and the [12]-[25] color. Both samples follow the same infrared color-magnitude relationship, which may serve as a distance indicator and a means of better understanding the mass-loss and dust-f ormation mechanisms of evolved stars. (C) 1995 American Astronomical S ociety.