Criteria for the spectral classification of B stars in the ultraviolet

Abstract

A set of criteria for the classification of G stars from UV spectra alone, using standards drawn form the optical region, is developed. About 100 stars having normal MK spectral types in the range B0-B8, III-V, have been classified. The UV spectral types are found to be very consistent with the optical MK types, implying that it is possible to do two-dimensional spectral classification in the UV without any knowledge of the optical spectrum.