TY - JOUR
T1 - Massive stars in the SDSS-IV/APOGEE SURVEY. I. OB stars
AU - Roman-Lopes, A.
AU - Román-Zúñiga, C.
AU - Tapia, Mauricio
AU - Chojnowski, Drew
AU - Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y.
AU - García-Hernández, D. A.
AU - Borissova, Jura
AU - Minniti, Dante
AU - Covey, Kevin R.
AU - Longa-Peña, Penélope
AU - Fernandez-Trincado, J. G.
AU - Zamora, Olga
AU - Nitschelm, Christian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/3/1
Y1 - 2018/3/1
N2 - In this work, we make use of DR14 APOGEE spectroscopic data to study a sample of 92 known OB stars. We developed a near-infrared semi-empirical spectral classification method that was successfully used in case of four new exemplars, previously classified as later B-type stars. Our results agree well with those determined independently from ECHELLE optical spectra, being in line with the spectral types derived from the "canonical" MK blue optical system. This confirms that the APOGEE spectrograph can also be used as a powerful tool in surveys aiming to unveil and study a large number of moderately and highly obscured OB stars still hidden in the Galaxy.
AB - In this work, we make use of DR14 APOGEE spectroscopic data to study a sample of 92 known OB stars. We developed a near-infrared semi-empirical spectral classification method that was successfully used in case of four new exemplars, previously classified as later B-type stars. Our results agree well with those determined independently from ECHELLE optical spectra, being in line with the spectral types derived from the "canonical" MK blue optical system. This confirms that the APOGEE spectrograph can also be used as a powerful tool in surveys aiming to unveil and study a large number of moderately and highly obscured OB stars still hidden in the Galaxy.
KW - Early-type-stars
KW - Infrared
KW - Machine-readable tables
KW - Massive-surveys supporting material
KW - Stars-stars
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U2 - 10.3847/1538-4357/aaac27
DO - 10.3847/1538-4357/aaac27
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85043485335
SN - 0004-637X
VL - 855
JO - Astrophysical Journal
JF - Astrophysical Journal
IS - 1
M1 - 68
ER -