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Photometry of asteroids

Photographic and photoelectric photometry of asteroids, discussing luminescence, reflectivities, light curves, colors and phase variations observations

Gehrels, T.↗

Image-tube photometry

Image tube for extrafocal photometry of faint galaxies, solving small scale sensitivity fluctuation problems

Gudehus, D. H.↗

Preliminary results on interstellar reddening as deduced from filter photometry

Filter photometry has been used to derive the interstellar reddening law from stars through the study of a single spectral type, B0. The deficiency in the far ultraviolet flux of a supergiant relative to a main sequence star is compared with the difference in the flux distribution due to a change of one spectral class. Individual interstellar reddening curves show the general feature reported by Stecher (1969) and by Bless and Savage (1970). There is a large amount of scatter in the far ultraviolet which may be partially due to a real difference in interstellar extinction and partially due to observational inaccuracy.

Laget, M.↗

Photometry of late type stars

Broad band filter photometry for 57 bright stars of spectral type A2 discussed with peak instrument responses at 3320, 2980, 2460 and 1910 A. The data include nearly all usable filter observations of G, K and M types. Sampling is nearly complete for A and F giants and supergiants, with the exception of Cepheid variables. The basic results presented are relative digital counting rates obtained with a field-stop aperture of 10 minutes of arc. Characteristics of the four filter-photometer combinations and errors are discussed. Some observations require substantial correction if they are to represent the visually brightest star in the field. These corrections and the effects of interstellar reddening are discussed. The adjusted counts are then used to construct color-color diagrams and are compared to the recent SAO grid of model atmospheres.

Doherty, L. R.↗

Preliminary results of ultraviolet photometry of shell stars

Photometry of 40 B stars acquired by the OAO-2 has been examined for systematic differences between the 25 standard stars and 15 program objects. The latter include shell and Be stars and a few objects with at least a modest infrared excess. Although individual deviations did occur, no definite distinction between the program and comparison stars was found. A possible, but very weak, tendency for the program objects to lie somewhat below the standards in color-color plots is discussed, especially with reference to errors of misclassification and variability of the ultraviolet reddening law.

Bottemiller, R. L.↗

Ultraviolet photometry of Nova Serpentis 1970

The appearance of the bright nova, Nova Serpentis 1970, provided the first opportunity to obtain spectrophotometric observations of a nova in the vacuum ultraviolet. OAO-2 carried out systematic measurements from shortly after outburst on through the first sixty days of nova activity. This data consist of filter photometry and spectral scans. General characteristics of the light and spectral variations in the ultraviolet exhibited by this set of data are described.

Code, A. D.↗