Far Ultraviolet Absolute Flux of alpha Virginis
Carmen Morales, Joaquin Trapero, Jose F. Gomez, Alvaro Gimenez, Veronica Orozco, Stuart Bowyer, Jerry Edelstein, Eric Korpela, Michael Lampton, Jeff Cobb
Abstract
We present the far ultraviolet spectrum of alpha Virginis taken with EURD spectrograph on-board MINISAT-01. The spectral range covered is from ~900 to 1080 A with 5 A spectral resolution. We have fitted Kurucz models to IUE spectra of alpha Vir and compared the extension of the model to our wavelengths with EURD data. This comparison shows that EURD fluxes are consistent with the prediction of the model within 20-30%, depending on the reddening assumed. EURD fluxes are consistent with Voyager observations but are ~60% higher than most previous rocket observations of alpha Vir.
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