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A Spectral Catalogue of Southern Hemisphere Mira Variable Stars

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Richard A. Crowe

David Dunlap Observatory, Department of Astronomy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada

Abstract

The catalogue of Keenan, Garrison, and Deutsch (1974) has been extended by the addition of 483 blue spectrograms of 72 Southern Hemisphere Mira-type variables. About 190 direct and image-tube plates at a dispersion of 120 Angstroms/mm were obtained in Chile between 1977 and 1982. Along with the spectral types and photographic magnitudes, emission ratios Hδ λ4101/Hγ λ4340/Hβ λ4861 and eye-estimated intensities of the absorption lines CaI λ4226, CrI λ4254, and SrII λ4077 have been tabulated. Spectral intensity tracings and magnitude-phase diagrams are displayed for a few of the best-studied Miras in the Southern Hemisphere program.