THE LUMINOSITY FUNCTION FOR STARS IN THE SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD

Authors
AGEKYAN TA ORLOV VV
Citation
Ta. Agekyan et Vv. Orlov, THE LUMINOSITY FUNCTION FOR STARS IN THE SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD, Astronomy letters, 23(6), 1997, pp. 815-817
Citations number
4
Journal title
Astronomy letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10637737
Volume
23
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
815 - 817
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7737(1997)23:6<815:TLFFSI>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We propose a new method of constructing the luminosity function for st ars which is free of observational selection. By applying the method t o a sample of stars within 25 pc of the Sun, we were able to construct the luminosity function for all stars and, separately, for white dwar fs.