Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège -  Volume 79 - Année 2010 

Studying bright, massive stars in the era of large telescopes.
I. General context

Gregor Rauw, 

GAPHE, Institute for Astrophysics & Geophysics, Liège University, Allée du 6 Août, 17, 4000 Liège, Belgium

Abstract

Stars of spectral type O play a key role in many processes in our Galaxy and beyond. However, there are still a number of open issues about these massive and luminous objects that need to be ad-dressed. Several of these questions require (long-term) spectroscopic monitoring that is difficult to achieve with the highly-demanded equipment on most modern professional instruments. However, these kinds of studies offer an opportunity for collaborations between amateur spectroscopists and professional astrophysicists.

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Gregor Rauw, «Studying bright, massive stars in the era of large telescopes.», Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège [En ligne], Volume 79 - Année 2010, 25 – 37 URL : http://popups.ulg.be/0037-9565/index.php?id=2340.