[vsnet-chat 4070] Re: RXJ1450.5+6403 = FBS1449+642

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

Re: [vsnet-chat 4068] Re: RXJ1450.5+6403 = FBS1449+642

> This identification has already been included in the SIMBAD database.
> And Brian Skiff mentioned it in [vsnet-alert 4835].

   Brian Skiff wrote:

>      RXJ 1450.5+6403 = FBS 1449+642 from the Byurakan spectral survey of
> blue stellar objects.  It is listed with a spectral type of B1 (!).

   This interpretation is apparently incorrect.  The spectral type in
the FBS denotes B = blue object, 1 = blue-violet part is approximately
1.5 times longer than the red-yellow part.  This "B1" classification
should better read a UV-excess object, without detectable emission lines.

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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