This investigation in the 24 Kapteyn Selected Areas along the celestial equator examined 21 red dwarf stars identified in an objective-prism survey. These stars were classified as red dwarf stars using light at wavelengths between 5800 A and 6800 A. Using calcium-hydride-based luminosity classification, this study found 13 of these stars to be red giant stars, and only 6 stars were found to be red dwarfs. One star was determined to be warm star. One star was not clearly distinguishable as a dwarf or giant. Distance calculations for the red dwarf stars found that these stars lie within 40 parsecs of the sun. / Department of Physics and Astronomy
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/187247 |
Date | January 2002 |
Creators | Maupin, Richard E. |
Contributors | Robertson, Thomas H. |
Source Sets | Ball State University |
Detected Language | English |
Format | v, 37 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. |
Source | Virtual Press |
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