H-Alpha Spectra of Early and Late Types Stars

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Ahmad N
Zainuddin M.Z

Abstract

Preliminary results of basic analysis to study the properties of $H_\alpha$ line of early and late type stars using spectroscopy technique are presented. Spectra of 12 stars brighter than $M_v$= 2.99 have been obtained at dispersion of 1.07Ã…/pixel using SBIG spectrograph at the prime focus of 12-inch telescope. The analyses of line profiles which considered on their full width at half maximum (FWHM), equivalent width (EW), central intensity or line depth ($R_c$) and central line were conducted under Visual Spectroscopy software. We have measured the profiles of $H_\alpha$ line in B, A, F, K, and M types of stars. We found out that the profiles are strongest at A type and becomes weak as the stars evolved to the late types. It also shows that the line profile for the very early type star such as B is quite weak. The measurement of line profiles included the luminosity, which gave an estimation of their size.

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N, A., & M.Z, Z. (2003). H-Alpha Spectra of Early and Late Types Stars. Malaysian Journal of Science, 22(2), 1157–161. Retrieved from http://ijie.um.edu.my/index.php/MJS/article/view/8531
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