AAS 195th Meeting, January 2000
Session 6. Early Results from the FUSE Mission
Display, Wednesday, January 12, 2000, 9:20am-6:30pm, Grand Hall

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[6.25] FUSE Time Resolved Spectroscopy of the LMC O9.7 Ib Star HD 268605

D. Massa (Raytheon ITSS), A.W. Fullerton (UVic and JHU), J.B. Hutchings (DAO/HIA/CNRC), G. Sonneborn (NASA's GSFC), A.J. Willis (UCL), FUSE Science Team

We present spectra covering the wavelength range 990 < \lambda < 1190Å\ for the LMC O9.7 Ib star HD 268605 (= Sk -67 005). The observations illustrate the high quality of data currently available from FUSE. They also demonstrate the capabilities of FUSE\/ to provide time resolved spectroscopy of wind and photospheric lines never before explored for temporal variability in a systematic manner. The observations span several days, with one continuously sampled interval of more than 4 hours.

The mean spectrum also serves as an excellent example of the dense information content of the FUSE\/ spectral region. It contains a wealth of both stellar and interstellar lines which cover a wide range of ionization and, hence, physical conditions.

This work is supported by NASA contract NAS5-32985.


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