On the redshift of Sirius B.
Abstract
The plates and record books of Adams' (1925) spectroscopic observations of Sirius B were reexamined in order to identify some possible sources of error in the redshift estimate. It is shown that Adams' spectra of Sirius B were contaminated by light from Sirius A. The implications of Adams' errors for the theory of relativistic degeneracy are briefly discussed.
- Publication:
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Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- September 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985QJRAS..26..279G
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Spectroscopy;
- Red Shift;
- Relativistic Effects;
- White Dwarf Stars;
- Contamination;
- Hubble Space Telescope;
- Light Scattering;
- Observation;
- Astrophysics