Ultraviolet Stellar Spectra and Related Ground-Based Observations

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Absolute Intensity Calibration Methods in the Vacuum UV Region....Pages 5-11
An Investigation of the Properties of Vacuum-Ultraviolet Radiation Detectors....Pages 12-12
Recent Absolute Calibration Work at Palomar Mountain....Pages 13-17
General Discussion....Pages 18-19
Interstellar Extinction....Pages 23-23
Ultraviolet Interstellar Extinction from a Comparison of ε Persei and ζ Persei....Pages 24-27
Observations of Interstellar Extinction in the Ultraviolet with the OAO Satellite....Pages 28-35
On Dielectric Models of Interstellar Grains....Pages 36-41
Extinction Curves for Graphite-Silicate Grain Mixtures....Pages 42-49
Measurement of Interstellar Extinction in Emission Line Stars....Pages 50-51
The Interstellar Extinction Curve from 4000 Å to 6500 Å....Pages 52-56
The Effective Temperatures of the O Stars....Pages 59-63
The Effect of Silicon and Carbon Opacity on Ultraviolet Stellar Spectra....Pages 64-70
Review of Ultraviolet and Visual Continuum Observations and Comparisons with Models....Pages 73-82
The Stellar Temperature Scale from O5 to A0....Pages 83-89
On Ultraviolet Fluxes, Bolometric Corrections and Effective Temperatures of Late B to F Stars....Pages 90-99
Far-Ultraviolet Intensities of Orion Stars....Pages 100-108
Ultraviolet Photometry of Stars Obtained with the Celescope Experiment in the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory....Pages 109-119
Photographic Magnitudes of 201 Stars at 2600 Å....Pages 120-129
Spectrophotométrie Intégrée Des Galaxies Proches Dans L’ultraviolet (Expérience Persée)....Pages 130-133
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Low Resolution Stellar Spectrophotometric Observations in the Region 1500 Å-3000 Å....Pages 134-134
Absolute Stellar Photometry in the Region 1200–3000 Å....Pages 135-137
Preliminary Note on the Astronomical Satellite Kosmos 215....Pages 138-138
Ultraviolet Photometry of Stars from OSO II....Pages 139-139
The Ultraviolet Solar Opacity....Pages 140-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Observations of Ultraviolet Stellar Spectra....Pages 147-162
Photoelectric Rocket Spectra at 10 Å Resolution....Pages 163-163
Rocket Spectroscopy of ζ Puppis Below 1100 Å....Pages 164-172
Observations of Strong Stellar Lines with the OAO....Pages 173-177
The Far-Ultraviolet Spectrum of γ Cassiopeiae....Pages 178-179
UV Spectrophotometry of Canopus from Gemini XI....Pages 180-184
Review of Ground-Based Observations of Spectra Relevant to the Ultraviolet....Pages 187-198
Chromospheric Activity in Red Giants, and Related Phenomena....Pages 199-208
Mass Loss from Early-Type Stars....Pages 209-212
A Discussion of the Theory for Interpreting Ultraviolet Stellar Spectra....Pages 215-225
Possibility of Fluorescence Phenomena in the Ultraviolet Spectrum of Symbiotic Stars and Long Period Variables....Pages 226-231
Radiative Acceleration and Ultraviolet Resonance Line Profiles in OB Supergiants....Pages 232-235
Stellar-Wind Theory for O and B Stars....Pages 236-237
Review of Astrophysical Conclusions from the UV Solar Spectra....Pages 241-249
Resonance Lines in the Solar Chromosphere....Pages 250-255
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
On the Contribution of Solar Activity to the Ultraviolet Spectrum of the Sun....Pages 256-259
Intensity Distribution in the Lyman-α Line at the Solar Limb....Pages 260-270
A High-Resolution Solar Spectrum 2000 Å–2200 Å....Pages 271-273
Fabry-Pérot Interferograms of the Solar MgII Resonance Lines....Pages 274-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Observations of Interstellar Lyman- α Absorption....Pages 281-301
Observations of Interstellar Lyman- α with the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory....Pages 302-314
Interstellar Lines Other Than Hydrogen....Pages 315-319
Interstellar Molecular Hydrogen....Pages 320-320
General Discussion....Pages 321-321
The Night Sky Brightness Measured from Satellites Kosmos 51 and 213....Pages 325-333
Mariner 5 Measurements of Ultraviolet Emission from the Galaxy....Pages 334-340
The Ultraviolet Background (Intergalactic Gas, the Galaxy, and Subcosmic Rays)....Pages 341-348
Lyman- α Radiation from Nebular Objects....Pages 349-354
Space and Ground-Based Stellar Spectrophotometry; A Summary....Pages 355-361