Photometry of Proxima Centauri and Barnard's star using Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensor 3: A search for periodic variations

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 429-439

  Benedict, G Fritz ^a   McArthur, Barbara ^a   Nelan, E ^b   Story, D ^a,c   Whipple, A L ^a,d   Shelus, P J ^a   Jefferys, W H ^e   Hemenway, P D ^f   Franz, Otto G ^g   Wasserman, L H ^g   Duncombe, R L ^a   Van Altena, W ^h   Fredrick, L W ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STScI   (United States)

^c Jackson and Tull   (United States)

^d Allied Signal Corporation   (United States)

^e The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^g LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Stars: flare; Stars: individual (Proxima Centauri, Barnard's star); Stars: late type; Stars: rotation; Stars: spots

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039278696     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/300420     Document Type: Article

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