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Hipparcos red stars in the HpV_T2 and V I_C systems
For Hipparcos M, S, and C spectral type stars, we provide calibratedinstantaneous (epoch) Cousins V - I color indices using newly derivedHpV_T2 photometry. Three new sets of ground-based Cousins V I data havebeen obtained for more than 170 carbon and red M giants. These datasetsin combination with the published sources of V I photometry served toobtain the calibration curves linking Hipparcos/Tycho Hp-V_T2 with theCousins V - I index. In total, 321 carbon stars and 4464 M- and S-typestars have new V - I indices. The standard error of the mean V - I isabout 0.1 mag or better down to Hp~9 although it deteriorates rapidly atfainter magnitudes. These V - I indices can be used to verify thepublished Hipparcos V - I color indices. Thus, we have identified ahandful of new cases where, instead of the real target, a random fieldstar has been observed. A considerable fraction of the DMSA/C and DMSA/Vsolutions for red stars appear not to be warranted. Most likely suchspurious solutions may originate from usage of a heavily biased color inthe astrometric processing.Based on observations from the Hipparcos astrometric satellite operatedby the European Space Agency (ESA 1997).}\fnmsep\thanks{Table 7 is onlyavailable in electronic form at the CDS via anonymous ftp tocdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.128.5) or viahttp://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?J/A+A/397/997
| UBV(RI)C photometry of Hipparcos red stars
We present homogeneous and standardized UBV(RI)C photometryfor nearly 550 M stars selected from the Hipparcos satellite data baseusing the following selection criteria: lack of obvious variability (noHipparcos variability flag); δ<+10°(V-I)>1.7 and Vmagnitude fainter than about 7.6. Comparisons are made between thecurrent photometry, other ground-based data sets and Hipparcosphotometry. We use linear discriminant analysis to determine aluminosity segregation criterion for late-type stars, and principalcomponent analysis to study the statistical structure of the colourindices and to calibrate absolute magnitude in terms of (V-I) for thedwarf stars. Various methods are used to determine the mean absolutemagnitude of the giant stars. We find 10 dwarf stars, apparentlypreviously unrecognized (prior to Hipparcos) as being within 25pc,including five within 20pc.
| Synthetic Spectra and Color-Temperature Relations of M Giants
As part of a project to model the integrated spectra and colors ofelliptical galaxies through evolutionary synthesis, we have refined oursynthetic spectrum calculations of M giants. After critically assessingthree effective temperature scales for M giants, we adopted the relationof Dyck et al. for our models. Using empirical spectra of field M giantsas a guide, we then calculated MARCS stellar atmosphere models and SSGsynthetic spectra of these cool stars, adjusting the band absorptionoscillator strengths of the TiO bands to better reproduce theobservational data. The resulting synthetic spectra are found to be invery good agreement with the K-band spectra of stars of the appropriatespectral type taken from Kleinmann & Hall as well. Spectral typesestimated from the strengths of the TiO bands and the depth of the bandhead of CO near 2.3 μm quantitatively confirm that the syntheticspectra are good representations of those of field M giants. Thebroadband colors of the models match the field relations of K andearly-M giants very well; for late-M giants, differences between thefield star and synthetic colors are probably caused by the omission ofspectral lines of VO and H2O in the spectrum synthesiscalculations. Here, we present four grids of K-band bolometriccorrections and colors-Johnson U-V and B-V, Cousins V-R and V-I,Johnson-Glass V-K, J-K, and H-K, and CIT/CTIO V-K, J-K, H-K, and CO-formodels having 3000 K<=Teff<=4000 K and-0.5<=logg<=1.5. These grids, which have [Fe/H]=+0.25, 0.0, -0.5,and -1.0, extend and supplement the color-temperature relations ofhotter stars presented in a companion paper.
| Really Cool Stars at the Galactic Center
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| Galactic bulge M giants. IV - 0.5-2.5 micron spectrophotometry and abundances for stars in Baade's Window
Spectrophotometric observations of bulge and local M giants from 0.45 to2.5 microns at a resolution of about 1000 are presented. From ananalysis of strong atomic lines of Na I and Ca I in the K band, a meanmetallicity of the M giants in Baade's Window is derived. It isdemonstrated that J-K is a good temperature indicator for both the fieldand bulge nonvariable M giants, and that the relationship between thetwo quantities is the same for both types of stars. In addition, thereis no difference in the surface gravity between bulge and field giantsof the same J-K color (i.e., temperature). A major difference in theoverall spectral energy distributions of bulge and local M giants isthat the classical H-band bump attributed to the opacity minimum of theH(-) ion near 1.6 microns is considerably reduced in many of the bulgestars.
| Galactic bulge M giants. III - Near-infrared spectra and implications for the stellar content of E and S0 galaxies
Spectra at 0.6-0.9 micron of 320 K and M giants in six low-absorptionfields along the minor axis of the galactic bulge and of an additional60 late-type giants and dwarfs in the solar neighborhood were obtained.Indices of the strength of molecular absorption are combined withprevious infrared and optical photometry to estimate the mean metalabundance of the bulge M giants and to constrain the relativecontribution of late giants and dwarfs to the integrated light of E andS0 galaxies.
| M giants in Baade's window - Infrared colors, luminosities, and implications for the stellar content of E and S0 galaxies
In this paper, 1-10 micron photometric observations of M giants inBaade's window are presented and interpreted. When compared to solarneighborhood M giants, it is found that: (1) bulge giants at the samespectral type have bluer JHK colors but stronger CO indices; (2) thenearly dispersionless H-H, H-K relation for the bulge giants lies on theopposite side of the mean field giant relation from that for globularcluster stars; and (3) bulge M giants are up to two magnitudes fainterthan field giants of the same spectral type, and their luminosityfunction drops precipitously for M(bol) brighter than -4.2. It is arguedthat the near-infrared energy distribution of the bulge giants isstrongly affected by molecular blanketing, particularly from H2O.Long-period variables have infrared colors and indices which give themphotometric properties distinct form all other M giants in Baade'swindow. The observed characteristics of the bulge M giants areconsistent with their being representatives of a population with ametallicity considerably in excess of solar.
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| Constellation: | Hydra |
| Right ascension: | 11h35m45.95s |
| Declination: | -35°24'32.4" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 8.43 |
| Distance: | 1351.351 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | 2.8 |
| Proper motion Dec: | 0.5 |
| B-T magnitude: | 10.418 |
| V-T magnitude: | 8.595 |
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