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E. L. Chentsov

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arXiv2007

Optical spectrum of the post-AGB star HD56126 in the region 4010-8790 AA

We studied in detail the optical spectrum of the post-AGB star HD56126 (IRAS07134+1005). We use high resolution spectra (R=25000 and 60000) obtained with the echelle spectrographs of the 6-m telescope. About one and a half thousand absorptions of neutral atoms and ions, absorption bands of C_2, CN, and CH molecules, and interstellar bands (DIBs) are identified in the 4010 to 8790 AA wavelength region, and the depths and radial velocities of these spectral features are measured. Differences are revealed between the variations of the radial velocities measured from spectral features of different excitation. In addition to the well-known variability of the Halpha profile, we found variations in the profiles of a number of FeII, YII, and BaII lines. We also produce an atlas of the spectrum of HD56126 and its comparison staralpha Per. The full version of the atlas is available in electronic form from Web-address: http://www.sao.ru/hq/ssl/Atlas/Atlas.html

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arXiv2006

High resolution optical spectroscopy of an LBV-candidate inside the CygOB2 association

For the first time, we obtained the high-resolution (R=15000 and 60000) optical spectra for the extremely luminous star No.12, associated with the IR-source IRAS20308+4104, a member of the CygOB2 association. We have found about 200 spectral features in range 4552-7939AA, including the interstellar NaI, KI lines and numerous DIBs, which are the strongest absorption lines in the spectrum, along with the HeI, CII, and SiII lines. A two-dimensional spectral classification indicates that the spectral type is B5+/-0.5 Ia+. Our analysis of the Vr data shows the presence of a Vr gradient in the stellar atmosphere, caused by the infall of matter onto the star. The strong Halpha emission displays broad Thompson wings and time-variable core absorption, providing evidence that the stellar wind is inhomogeneous, and a slightly blue-shifted PCyg type absorption profile. We concluded that the wind is variable in time.

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arXiv1997

Optical spectrum of the IR-source IRC+10420 in 1992-1996

To understand the evolutionary stage of the peculiar supergiant IRC+10420, we have been taking spectra for several years at the 6m telescope. The optical spectrum of IRC+10420 of the years from 1992 through 1996 points to the increase in the temperature: spectral class A5 instead of the former F8, as was pointed out by Humpreys et al., (1973). Now it resembles the spectra of late-type B[e] stars. The spectrum contains absorptions (mainly of ions) formed in the photosphere, apparently stationary with respect to the star center of mass, and emissions too, which can be formed in the fossil expanding envelope as well as partly in its compressing region. Using our spectra and spectral data obtained by Oudmaijer (1995) we estimated the atmospheric parameters Teff=8500 K, logg=1.0, Vt=12km/s and concluded that metallicity of IRC+10420 is solar: the average value [(V,Cr,Fe)/H]=-0.03. Combination of results allows us to consider IRC+10420 as a massive supergiant evolving to the WR-stage.

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arXiv1997

Is UU Herculis a post-AGB star?

In order to understand the evolutionary status of the anomalous supergiant UUHer, the prototype of the class of variable supergiants located at high galactic latitudes, we obtained several high-resolution spectra of this star, with the 6m telescope, over 5 years. This material was used for a search of possible temporal variations of the radial velocity at the different depths in the photosphere and for studying the chemical composition. The average radial velocity Vr approximately 130 km/sec suggests that UUHer belongs to the old population of the Galaxy. No systematic dependence of the velocity on depth of the line formation layer or on ionization and excitation potential is observed. The radial velocity of the H_alpha absorption differs strongly from the average photospheric velocity. The iron abundance in the photosphere of UUHer is significantly lower than that of the Sun: [Fe/H]=-1.32. The enhancement of nitrogen relatively to iron content [N/Fe]=+0.40 in combination with the carbon underabundance [C/Fe]=-0.30 suggests that only a first dredge-up episode occurred. The Na content is normal relatively to iron, therefore there is no evidence for dredging-up of Ne-Na cycle products. The heavy s-process metals Y, Ba are depleted relative to H and Fe, which again implies that the third dredge-up did not occur.

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