Two spectra from last night - one taken in the UV, the other in the visual spanning H beta to H alpha. Resolution of around 1000 - taken with UVEX using a 600 lines/mm grating through a Planewave CDK 12.5. Happily - all automated while I slept as it was only observable in the early hours of this morning.
As Hamish's spectrum shows, there is a substantial Ha emission and another, though much smaller at H beta. It may simply be noise but to my eye there is a modest emission in some of the higher energy Balmer lines.
Looking more closely, there appear to be quite a few Fe II emissions as well. The 2 spectra overlap so I was able to confirm that these emissions are not just noise. I've attached an annotated plot of the visual spectrum with the y axis stretched to highlight the emissions. I couldn't find any He I emissions - the bump at 5018 is more likely Fe II than He I at 5015.68.
This target is described in Simbad as an emission-line star (which sounds like a fudge to me) and allocated spectra class B2. This is based on a survey undertaken in 2003. While the continuum may look like a B star, there shouldn't be Fe II emissions. I'll leave it to the experts to interpret this further.
I plan to work in the NIR and IR this evening - will report on anything I find.
This is in the visual range - roughly H beta to H alpha - taken with a UVEX 600 lines/mm grating on a CDK 12.5. I only managed 4 x 600s so its a bit noisy.
Simbad records a spectra type of O9.5-B0Ve and lists it as an X-ray binary. There are healthy He I absorption lines. Both Ha and Hb have a split profile - subplot attached. I'm intrigued by what appears to be an emission at 5878.7 A between the He I line at 5875.6 and the interstellar Na lines. It may just be noise. I plan to have another crack at this one in the next day or so and then move into the UV to see if there is anything interesting there.
Pete
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Another spectrum of V520 Mon - this time in the UV.
Taken with UVEX 600 lines/mm grating on a PW CDK 12.5.
There is nothing particularly remarkable to see. Balmer and He I absorption lines. The H beta line is in emission and, like the spectrum from 10 December, the line is definitely split. I attach a plot of the UV spectrum and a subplot of the H beta line.
Pete
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