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Stellar Atmospheres and Chemical Compositions of Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Lawrence H. Aller
Lawrence H. Aller*
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Abstract

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The chemical compositions of external galaxies are usually found from their HII regions or composite absorption line spectra of their nuclei. In the Magellanic Clouds, however, individual stars are observable, but objects heretofore studied necessarily have been luminous la supergiants which border on the brink of instability. The image photon counting system on the Anglo-Australian Telescope makes it possible to observe fainter, more stable Ib supergiants. Energy distributions and Balmer line profiles for these stars can be fitted with theoretical predictions by Kurucz. A joint effort by J.E. Ross and B.J. O’Mara of the University of Queensland, Bruce Peterson of the Anglo-Australian Observatory, and a group at the University of California, Los Angeles to analyze three lb supergiants suggests that metals of the iron group are depleted by a factor of 2-3.5 with respect to the normal chemical composition of our own galaxy.

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Joint Commission Meetings
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 5: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XVIIth General Assembly of the IAU, 1979 , 1980 , pp. 811 - 815
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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