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GHRS Observations of Massive Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Steven N. Shore
Steven N. Shore*
Affiliation:
GHRS Science Team/CSC Code 681, Goddard Space Flight CenterGreenbelt, MD 20771USA

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Hot stars are the natural targets for ultraviolet space observations. The bulk of their energy emerges shortward of the atmospheric cutoff and nearly all of the important atomic transitions required for their analysis are located in the region shortward of λ3000Å. However, since they are intrinsically rare, reddening and distance conspire to make the job of studying these important members of the stellar population of a galaxy a very difficulty task. The Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph (GHRS) adds the new dimension of photon counting to high sensitivity and resolution. This means that the massive stars can be more easily observed within our Galaxy, and also in other galaxies.

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Joint Discussions
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Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 9: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIst General Assembly of the IAU, 1991 , 1992 , pp. 475 - 476
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1992

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