New R Coronae Borealis Stars in the LMC, Discovered in the MACHO Photometry Database Conferences uri icon

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abstract

  • An extensive search has been made in the MACHO Photometry Database for new R Coronae Borealis (RCB) stars in the LMC. Only three such stars were known previously. Eleven new LMC RCB stars have been spectroscopically confirmed so far.

publication date

  • 1999