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The Interpretation of Photoelectric Colors for Stars of Types B-F

Abstract

The accumulation of photoelectric data on the Johnson-Morgan system of B - V and U - B colors makes a preliminary theoretical reconnaissance desirable The colors were predicted for atmospheres of a wide range of effective temperatures and electron pressures. The effects of the Balmer jump on the response in the U band and of the Balmer lines in the B band were included, using averages taken over spectral type and luminosity classes. Table 2 gives the predicted fluxes as compared to a black body, the corrected B - V and U - B colors, and the color temperatures The zero point is based on Code's spectral scans of two stars. The results are most useful for differential effects over small ranges of 0 and P_e; the general temperature and pressure scale derived colorimetrically seems reasonable. The large effect of lines in certain white dwarfs explains some features of the observed colors.

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© 1957 American Astronomical Society.

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