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An Infrared Colour Discriminator for Giant and Supergiant Optical M Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Moedji Raharto
Moedji Raharto*
Affiliation:
Bosscha Observatory and Department of Astronomy, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia

Abstract

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An infrared colour - MK spectral type diagram of optical M giants, M Miras and M supergiants is presented. The area in the diagram with m12 − m25 > 0.70 and MK spectral type earlier than M4 is occupied by early type optical M supergiants. The region of spectral type later than M4 is occupied by optical late M giants (Mira variables) and late M supergiants. The area in the diagram with a colour range of 0.15 < m12 − m25 < 0.70 is occupied by optical giants (Mira Variables) and supergiants (M supergiants with blue companions and probably some M supergiants in the evolutionary stage pre or post M supergiants with large infrared excesses). Finally, the area in the diagram with m12 − m25 < 0.15 is clearly occupied by M giants without circumstellar dust shells. The colour distribution of the M giants, M supergiants and M Miras in the colour - spectral type diagram suggests that we can use the colour properties as search criteria for (i) early M supergiants with colours of m12 − m25 > 0.70, (ii) late M supergiants with colours of m12 − m25 > 0.70, (iii) M giants with m12 − m25 < 0.15, (iv) Mira candidates using IRAS point sources which are also identified as optical M stars.

Type
IX. Galactic Structure and Stellar Surveys
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 148: The Future Utilisation of Schmidt Telescopes , 1995 , pp. 307 - 310
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1995

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