Helium-weak stars are chemically peculiar stars which have a weak helium lines for their spectral type.[1][2] Their helium lines place them in a later (i.e. cooler) spectral type then their hydrogen lines.[3]

List of helium-weak stars

This is a non-extensive list of helium-weak stars.[4][5]

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Star NameConstellationApparent Magnitude (mv)ClassNotes
20 Eridani (EG Eridani)Eridanus5.23B8/9 IIIα2 CVn variable
30 CapricorniCapricornus5.38B5 II/III
θ HydriHydrus5.50B8 III/IVSuspected Binary;
22 Eridani (FY Eridani)Eridanus5.53B9 IIIpSi (4200)α2 CVn variable
HD 74196Vela5.61B7 VnPart of IC 2391
HD 28843 (DZ Eridani)Eridanus5.81B9 IIISX Arietis variable
12 Canis Majoris (HK Canis Majoris)Canis Major6.08B7 II/IIISX Arietis variable
HD 34797 (TX Leporis)Lepus6.54B7 Vpα2 CVn variable; binary
HD 35456Orion6.95B9 II/IIIBinary

Helium-strong star

A related class of stars have anomalously strong helium lines in their spectra, and are known as helium-strong stars.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Landstreet, J. D.; Bohlender, David A. (1988). "Abundance and Magnetic Field Geometries of Helium-Strong and Helium-Weak Stars". Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 132: 309–312. Bibcode:1987BAAS...19..704B. doi:10.1017/S0074180900035191. ISSN 0074-1809.
  2. Preston, George W. (1974). "The Chemically Peculiar Stars of the Upper Main Sequence". Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 12 (1): 257–277. Bibcode:1974ARA&A..12..257P. doi:10.1146/annurev.aa.12.090174.001353.
  3. "A Digital Spectral Classification Atlas - R. O. Gray". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  4. Jaschek, Mercedes; Jaschek, Carlos; Arnal, Marcelo (October 1969). "Helium-Weak Stars". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 81 (482): 651. Bibcode:1969PASP...81..650J. doi:10.1086/128832.
  5. Alonso, M. S.; López-García, Z.; Malaroda, S.; Leone, F. (April 2003). "Elemental abundance studies of CP stars. The helium-weak stars HD 19400, HD 34797 and HD 35456*". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 402: 331. Bibcode:2003A&A...402..331A. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20030222.


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