2007/02/20 by J. Maíz Apellániz, Apellániz, J. Maíz, A. Sota +1 · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Calibration and Measurement Techniques #FOS: Physical sciences #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0702516
2 pages, to appear in Massive Stars: Fundamental Parameters and Circumstellar Interactions
arxiv created 2007/02/20 · openalex publication_date 2007/02/20 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2019/06/27 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
It has been traditionally stated that it is not possible to use optical/NIR photometry to measure the temperatures of O stars. In this contribution we describe the steps required to overcome the hurdles that have prevented this from happening in the past and we present our preliminary results for the low-extinction case.