A. Damineli et al., A PHOTOMETRIC SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF EMBEDDED WOLF-RAYET STARS, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 109(736), 1997, pp. 633-638
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
We describe a photometric system designed for detection of WR stars in
the near-infrared region and based on a combination of narrow-band fi
lters and a CCD detector. The system is sensitive to Of and faint-line
d WN and WC stars and suitable for obscured regions of star formation
in our Galaxy.