• astrophysics, chemically peculiar stars (CP stars) are stars with distinctly unusual metal abundances, at least in their surface layers. Chemically peculiar stars...
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    (abbreviated 20 Tau), is a star in the constellation of Taurus. It is a blue giant of spectral type B8 III, a chemically peculiar star, and the prototype of...
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  • An Am star or metallic-line star is a type of chemically peculiar star of spectral type A whose spectrum has strong and often variable absorption lines...
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  • A mercury-manganese star (also HgMn star) is a type of chemically peculiar star with a prominent spectral line at 398.4 nm, due to absorption from ionized...
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    later revised to A1 IV. It is considered to be a mild Am star, a type of chemically peculiar star with unusually strong lines of certain metallic elements...
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    Beta Tauri (redirect from Nath (star))
    rarely used. It is a chemically peculiar B7 giant star, 134 light years away from the Sun with an apparent magnitude of 1.65. This star has two Bayer designations:...
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    through other means. S-type star, similar, but not as extreme Technetium star, another type of chemically peculiar star Marc Aaronson, American astronomer...
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    Alpha Doradus (category Bright Star Catalogue objects)
    α Doradus A, is a chemically peculiar star whose atmosphere displays an abnormally high abundance of silicon, making this an Si star. Alpha Doradus has...
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    the star rotates. Its brightness varies by 0.04 magnitudes with a period of 2.61 days. It is also an Ap star, a type of chemically peculiar star with...
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  • A Lambda Boötis star is a type of chemically peculiar star which has an unusually low abundance of iron peak elements in its surface layers. One possible...
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  • metal-poor stars, usually referred to as CEMP stars, are a class of chemically peculiar star. CEMP stars have [C/Fe] > +1, which means compared to the Sun these...
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    type of chemically peculiar star with an over-abundance of certain metals in its spectrum. HD 222925 has been referred to as the 'gold standard star' by the...
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    Alioth (redirect from Alioth (star))
    701. Sokolov, N. A. (March 2008), "Radial velocity study of the chemically peculiar star ɛ Ursae Majoris", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society:...
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    abundances of certain metals. A catalogue of chemically peculiar stars gives the type F3 Ho, indicating an Ap star with an approximate spectral class of F3...
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    NGC 6633 (category Star cluster stubs)
    brightest star is of mag 7.6. Its age has been estimated at 660 million years. The cluster contains at least one chemically peculiar star - NGC 6633...
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  • a chemically peculiar star, HR 7775, having extraordinary enhancements of the element gold in its atmosphere. A twenty-year study of the B6III star 3...
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    2 Cassiopeiae (category Bright Star Catalogue objects)
    constellation Cassiopeia, about 2,800 light years away. It is a chemically peculiar Am star. 2 Cassiopeiae has been described as an A4 type bright giant...
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    Nu Draconis (redirect from Kuma (star))
    orbital motion can be observed. 𝜈1 Draconis is an Am star, a slowly rotating chemically peculiar star with abnormally strong metallic absorption lines in...
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    Vega (redirect from Vega (star))
    detection of a magnetic field on a spectral class A star that is not an Ap chemically peculiar star. The average line of sight component of this field...
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    V2052 Ophiuchi (category Chemically peculiar stars)
    from the star's center, and there are helium spots on the surface near the magnetic poles. V2052 Ophiuchi is a type of chemically peculiar star known as...
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  • HD 175640 (category Bright Star Catalogue objects)
    −26 km/s. This is classified as a mercury-manganese star, which is a late B-type chemically peculiar star of type CP3. A distinctive feature of this class...
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    Alpheratz (redirect from Alpheratz (star))
    identified as part of the group of mercury-manganese stars, a class of chemically peculiar stars which have an excess of elements such as mercury, manganese...
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    all naturally occurring chemical elements heavier than lithium. Stellar mass loss or supernova explosions return chemically enriched material to the...
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    ; Malaroda, S. (2000). "A spectroscopic study of the magnetic chemically peculiar star nu Fornacis". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 359: 635–638. Bibcode:2000A&A...
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  • Ap and Bp stars are chemically peculiar stars (hence the "p") of spectral types A and B which show overabundances of some metals, such as strontium, chromium...
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    B0–B3 exhibit unusually strong lines of non-ionized helium. These chemically peculiar stars are termed helium-strong stars. These often have strong magnetic...
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    HD 28843 (category Objects with variable star designations)
    Robert Davis reported that the star has an overabundance of silicon. It is classified as a chemically peculiar star. Henning Jorgensen et al. reported...
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    Beta Hydrae (category Bright Star Catalogue objects)
    magnitude. It is a magnetic chemically-peculiar star with an average quadratic field strength of (−206±68)×10−4 T. The star is around 178 million years...
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    magnitudes over a period of approximately 1.5 days. Chi Serpentis is a chemically peculiar star. The two stars in Serpens Caput that form part of the Snake's body...
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    13 Andromedae (category Bright Star Catalogue objects)
    satellite data, and it received its variable star designation in 1999. This is a magnetic chemically peculiar star that has been assigned stellar classifications...
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