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Commission 29. (Stellar Classification.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

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The Commission held two meetings and the time was taken up almost entirely in a discussion of stellar classification.

Dr J. S. Plaskett moved, seconded by Miss Payne, that a sub-committee be appointed to consider the classification of Wolf Rayet and related spectra.

The committee was appointed as follows: Miss C. H. Payne, Prof. H. H. Plaskett, Dr C. S. Beals, Chairman.

Dr W. S. Adams moved, seconded by Dr J. S. Plaskett, that a sub-committee be appointed to tabulate and bring up to date criteria of classification for both high and low dispersion at present in use throughout the stellar sequence.

The committee was appointed as follows: Miss A. J. Cannon, Dr O. Strave, Prof. H. H. Plaskett, Dr B. Lindblad, Dr W. S. Adams, Chairman.

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Part III: Meetings of Commissions
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