The effective temperature scale of Galactic red supergiants: Cool, but not as cool as we thought

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 628, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 973-985

  Levesque, Emily M ^a,e,f   Massey, Philip ^a,b   Olsen, K A G ^b   Plez, Bertrand ^c   Josselin, Eric ^c   Maeder, Andre ^d   Meynet, Georges ^d  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust, extinction; Stars: atmospheres; Stars: fundamental parameters; Stars: late type; Supergiants

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144490631     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430901     Document Type: Article

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