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A search for stars of very low metal abundance. I
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The authors report the first results from an objective-prism survey for stars of very low metal abundance. Low-metal candidates were chosen based on the weakness of the Ca II H and K lines, 3968 and 3933 Å. The faintest stars in the survey reach apparent magnitude B ≈ 16. Detailed spectroscopic and photometric observations are presented for about one-fourth of the objective-prism candidates. Based upon these data, and upon calibrating observations of field and globular cluster stars, the authors present a list of 134 stars that are likely to have metallicities [Fe/H] ≤ -2.0. Finally, they discuss the surface gravities, metallicities, CH strengths, and kinematics of the stars in the metal-poor sample.
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- Authors
- Beers, T. C., Preston, G. W., & Shectman, S. A.
- Venue
- The Astronomical Journal
- Publisher
- American Astronomical Society
- Published
- 1985-10
- Volume
- 90
- Pages
- 2089
- ISSN
- 0004-6256 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4253710164
- Cited by
- 314
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 7.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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