UV OBSERVATIONS OF THE SYMBIOTIC STAR EG AND

Authors
PEREIRA CB
Citation
Cb. Pereira, UV OBSERVATIONS OF THE SYMBIOTIC STAR EG AND, Astrophysics and space science, 235(2), 1996, pp. 305-318
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astrophysics and space science → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004640X
Volume
235
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
305 - 318
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(1996)235:2<305:UOOTSS>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
EG And is a S-type symbiotic star. Here is present UV observations mad e by IUE from 1978 to 1991. From these observations the electronic den sity and the electronic temperature were obtained. The size of He II e mitting region was estimated as 7.3R.. Line and continuum variations c onfirm the binary nature of EG And.