I would like to know how to get a list of the brightest Be stars (up to mag. 8-9 or so) so that I could add new Be stars to my spectroscopy observing program.
Thank you for your help
Gianluca
Hi Gianluca,
you can use VSX to get such a list.
Go to the main VSX search page and click on the More button twice to get to the extended search options.
Go to the Grouping dropdown menu which is placed to the right of the Variability type field and select Be variables.
Enter a position representative of your location and observing time with a generous radius search to get all objects observable from your site.
In the line “Mag. at maximum between (…) and (…)” just enter 9 in the last box.
You will get a list of all stars classified as GCAS, BE, LERI, FSCMa or DPV in VSX that fall under the above criteria.
You can sort the results by different parameters, e.g., magnitude.
I hope it is useful for your purposes.
Cheers,
Sebastian
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Gianluca, you can also look into the BESS database: BeSS Database
Click on “BE stars” and just submit the new form without editing. You will get a list which you can sort. The benefit is that you can select one and click on the number in the last column. It will show you the list of available spectra in the database and you can check if there are really emission lines visible in the moment (provided there is a new spectrum available)
Good luck,
Matthias
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Thank you all. I will follow the advices.
Gianluca
Also ARAS BeAm which is a companion to BeSS and lists which Be Stars need spectra
and of course don’t forget to add any spectra to the BeSS database too
Cheers
Robin
Hi Robin,
I will.
Cheers
Gianluca