THE USE OF NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY TO RECLASSIFY HR-8881

Authors
HAMMERSLEY PL KIDGER MR MAMPASO A
Citation
Pl. Hammersley et al., THE USE OF NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY TO RECLASSIFY HR-8881, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 266(3), 1994, pp. 678-680
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00358711
Volume
266
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
678 - 680
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8711(1994)266:3<678:TUONST>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We demonstrate that near-infrared CVF spectrometry can be used to dete rmine accurately the spectral type and luminosity class of K- and M-ty pe stars. As an example, we show that the spectral type and luminosity class of the star HR 8881 given in the fourth edition of the Bright S tar Catalogue are in error. HR 8881 is an M giant, probably in the ran ge M2-3III, and not a type-K dwarf as listed.