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Characteristics of our neighboring A-stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2005

C.J. Corbally
Affiliation:
Vatican Observatory Research Group, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA email: [email protected]
R.O. Gray
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, USA
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Abstract

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We have a project, under the aegis of the Nearby Stars (NStars)/Space Interferometry Mission Preparatory Science Program to obtain the spectra, the spectral types, and, where feasible, the basic physical parameters for the 3600 dwarf and giant stars earlier than M0 within 40 parsecs of the Sun. There are 66 B-to-early-F stars among the first 664 stars analyzed in the Northern hemisphere, and 38 of the same among a similar number of Southern hemisphere stars. With these we can start looking at the statistics of Ap, Am, $\lambda$ Boötis, and other A-type stars for a volume-limited sample, and we can find out just how well we know our neighbors. The project's data are available on our website, http://stellar.phys.appstate.eduTo search for other articles by the author(s) go to: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html

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Contributed Papers
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© 2004 International Astronomical Union