Author name code: thackeray ADS astronomy entries on 2022-09-14 =author:"Thackeray, A.D." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Second Conference on Co-ordination of Galactic Research Authors: Blaauw, A.; Larsson-Leander, G.; Roman, N. G.; Sandage, A.; Weaver, H. F.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 2016sccg.book.....B Altcode: Preface; Introduction; Part I. Clusters and Associations: 1. Introduction; 2. Clusters and stellar evolution; 3. A standardized cluster program; 4. Trumpler's catalogue; 5. Discovery of new clusters; 6. The H-R diagram and stellar evolution; 7. Associations; Part II. The Galaxy: 1. Introduction on the importance of stellar evolution for problems of galactic structure; 2. Some properties of other stellar systems; 3. The galactic halo; 4. The nuclear region; 5. The galactic dish; 6. Spiral structure; 7. Local structure and stellar motions; Part III. The Magnetic Clouds: 1. Introduction; 2. Optical programmes; 3. Future needs; 4. Radio work; Part IV. Summary of Discussions and Desiderata: 1. Galactic clusters and O associations; 2. Cephoids; 3. Double and multiple stars; 4. Spiral structure; 5. Optical work on interstellar lines; 6. H II regions; 7. Special regions; 8. Accurate spectrophotometry; 9. Trigonometric parallaxes; 10. Determination of K; 11. Radial velocities; 12. Nucleus and disk; 13. Halo; 14. Magellanic clouds; Appendix 1. Report of the Committee on Photometric Standards; Appendix 2. Photometric system; Appendix 3. Technique of observation; Appendix 4. Standards; References. Title: Further spectroscopic observations of GG Car. Authors: Hernandez, C. A.; Lopez, L.; Sahade, J.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1981PASP...93..747H Altcode: Spectrograms of GG Car were made at the Bosque Alegre Astrophysical Station of the Cordoba Observatory, Argentina in 1950 and 1951 with a dispersion of 42 A/mm; at the Radcliffe Observatory, South Africa in 1953-56 with dispersions of 29.6 A and 49.3 A/mm at H-gamma, and at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile in 1968-70, 1976 and 1979. Radial velocities of the P Cygni H absorptions were plotted, distribution versus time, and a 31-day period was established for the binary system. The component that is behind at eclipse is surrounded by an expanding, thick, extended envelope that does not permit observation of the lines arising in the stellar photosphere. The thick envelope is expanding with a velocity of 140 km/sec, with forbidden Fe II forming in a lower density level. It is speculated that the weak H emission originates from an envelope that surrounds the whole system. Title: An improved spectroscopic orbit for alf1 Cru. Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Wegner, G. Bibcode: 1980MNRAS.191..217T Altcode: The radial velocity measurements of the long-period spectroscopic binary Alpha 1 Cru are presented. These new observations cover the maximum of the radial velocity curve and yield an improvement on the orbital elements found by Thackeray and Hill (1974). The new gamma velocity strengthens the proposed membership of Alpha 1 Cru in the Sco-Cen association. Title: Additional radial velocities of supergiants in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1978MNRAS.184..699T Altcode: Additional radial velocities of 28 SMC supergiants determined in the years 1959-1969 at the Radcliffe Observatory are presented. These and other measures from ESO and elsewhere are intercompared. The mean Radcliffe velocities have an internal standard error of + or - 4.7 km/s, and a systematic error exceeding 4 km/s is regarded as unlikely. Eight stars in the SMC core have a corrected velocity dispersion of only 6.9 km/s, similar to Feast's (1970) values for H II regions in the core. But the core H II regions have a velocity differential of -20 km/s relative to these stars. The velocity dispersion for stars in other parts of the Cloud is of the order of 15 km/s, as previously found. Two possibly variable-velocity stars are discussed without reaching a satisfactory conclusion. Title: The velocity system of the Radcliffe cassegrain d-camera Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Wood, R. Bibcode: 1978Obs....98...65T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Infrared Fe II lines in Eta Carinae and a possible interpretation of infrared excesses. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1978MNRAS.182P..11T Altcode: The identification of very strong emission lines in the near infrared spectrum of Eta Carinae with newly recognized high-level transitions of Fe II raises the possibility that the infrared excesses of hot emission-line stars may be due to dielectronic recombination of Fe II. Johansson's Fe II lines also need to be considered in the interpretation of the infrared spectra of supernovae. Title: Proper motions in the outer shell of Eta Carinae. Authors: Walborn, N. R.; Blanco, B. M.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1978ApJ...219..498W Altcode: Proper motions have been determined for discrete features in the complex outer shell of Eta Carinae, from plates taken during 1949-1950 and 1975. Two condensations north of the central object have tangential velocities in excess of 1000 km/s, the highest yet observed in the Eta Car nebulosity. On the other hand, the outermost features move more slowly, which implies ejection, possibly during the fifteenth century, on the assumption of uniform motions. Title: Peter Kirchhoff: Obituary Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1978MNSSA..37....2T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts: Book Review Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1978MNSSA..37...14T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The red/infrared spectrum of CPD -56 8032 Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1977Obs....97..165T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Spectra of the low-excitation nebulosities around AG Carinae and HD 138403. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1977MNRAS.180...95T Altcode: Summary. Complex splitting of lines in the ring nebula surrounding the P Cyg supergiant AG Car is observed and discussed. The system is contrasted with the low-excitation planetary nebula HD 138403 (with a more normal Of nucleus) in which new emission lines are found without observed splitting. They include Oi, [0 I], Si II, [S III], and (in nucleus) unidentified 4504, 4485. AG Car is also compared with such objects as P Cyg, FG Sge, Eta Car and S bor. Title: He-3 1863, An Unusual Be Star at High Latitude Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1977MNSSA..36...51T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The evolution of the nebular spectrum of the slow nova RR Telescopii Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1977MmRAS..83....1T Altcode: Results of spectroscopic observations of the slow nova RR Tel obtained from 1951 to 1973 with a Cassegrain, a Newtonian, and a coude spectrograph are compiled in order to present lists giving the intensity variations of all emission lines, wavelengths and identifications for these lines, and forbidden lines due to ions of argon and heavier elements. Mean radial velocities of RR Tel relative to the sun are derived separately from 13 H lines, 9 He I lines, 13 Ti II lines, 13 Fe II lines, and 12 Fe II forbidden lines. Temporal changes in the Balmer series are examined along with the behavior of numerous forbidden and allowed emission lines. The forbidden-line wavelengths are compared with those predicted on the basis of laboratory data, the complex structure of various very strong lines is analyzed, and a general working hypothesis is proposed that can account for some of the salient features observed. Four main stages are distinguished in the development of novae, and five nebular spectra are delineated. The nature (binary or single) of RR Tel is considered. Title: Radial velocities and distances of OB stars at the solar distance to the galactic centre. Authors: Crampton, D.; Bernard, D.; Harris, B. L.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1976MNRAS.176..683C Altcode: New radial velocities, spectral types and H7 equivalent widths are given for 16 stars on the solar galactocentric circle. These observations are combined with other recent data to estimate the distance to the galactic centre. A value of 8 kpc is obtained but evidence that non-circular motions are present make the method somewhat unreliable, at least until the nature of the noncircular motions is known. The compatibility of the observations with Kerr's expansion model of the Galaxy is discussed. Title: HD 5980 Authors: Feast, M. W.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1976IAUC.2991....2F Altcode: M. W. Feast and A. D. Thackeray, South African Astronomical Observatory, draw attention to the following erratum, published in Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc. (1972) 155, 383, concerning HD 5980 = R14 (cf. IAUC 2989): "In Fig. 3 [of Feast et al. 1960, ibid. 121, 337], the identification of R14 (HD 5980) should refer to the star 6.5 mm to the left of the marked 'star', which is in fact a compact group [HD 5942] surrounded by a faint nebulosity." Title: Ionized Manganese in the infrared spectrum of eta Carinae Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Velasco, R. Bibcode: 1976Obs....96..104T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Cobalt in Eta Carinae. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1976MNRAS.174P..59T Altcode: Support for identifying A i in Eta Carinae with [Co ii] is found in the presence of seven more possible identifications of weak lines in that region. But computed transition probabilities are required to confirm the suggestion. Several of these weak lines occur in RR Tel with behaviour consistent with identification with [Co ii]. Title: Exploring the Galaxies: Book Review Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1976MNSSA..35..128T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Nebular Variables: Book Review Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1976MNSSA..35...17T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Nickel and copper in the Orion nebula (Addendum) Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1975MNRAS.173P..67T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Nickel and copper in the Orion nebula. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1975MNRAS.172P..49T Altcode: The probable presence of three lines of Ni ii and one of Cu ii in published spectra of the Orion nebula is pointed out. Title: Note on radial velocities of southern stars Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1975BICDS...9....3T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Observations of rapid blue variables - XVI. VZ Sculptoris. Authors: Warner, B.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1975MNRAS.172..433W Altcode: High speed photometry of the fifteenth magnitude nova-like variable VZ Scl is reported. The light curve resembles that of DQ Her and U Gem. An improved period of od.i446222o is derived. Measurements of oo-in. spectra provide a radial velocity curve. Apparent maximum velocity occurs near mid-eclipse, and the velocity curve is markedly non-sinusoidal. These features are interpreted as effects of a hot spot in the system. Title: Galactic objects with the largest known radial velocities Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1975Obs....95..100T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: On Seeing the Earth's Terminator Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1975MNSSA..34C..14T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Symposium introduction. Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Cillie, G. G. Bibcode: 1975MNSSA..34...34T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria. Report for the year ended 1974 March 31. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1974QJRAS..15..516T Altcode: 1974QJRAS..15..516. No abstract at ADS Title: A supplementary list of southern O stars. Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Andrews, P. J. Bibcode: 1974A&AS...16..323T Altcode: 32 southern 0 stars that do not appear in Goy's general catalogue are listed. UBV photometry is presented for some of these stars and of some others in the Goy catalogue. The heaviest concentrations of 0 stars occur in Carina-Centaurus, Norma and Cygnus. Known southern O stars in the "inner region" (1 = 27O#90) form as much as 63% of the total. Key words: Stellar Catalogue - 0 type Stars Catalogue Title: Variations of S Dor and HDE 269006. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1974MNRAS.168..221T Altcode: S Dor has recovered from a deep minimum which lasted 10 yr. its radial velocity determined from [Fe ii] emission undistorted by P Cyg absorption has remained constant between 1955 and 1970. Fe ii is as diffuse as [Fe ii] emission when the star is faintest because of freedom from P Cyg absorption at that stage. HDE 269006 is shown to be a new instance of variation of S Dor type in the LMC but at a higher temperature. Both objects show expanding relatively cool shells, are redder at maximum and show [Fe ii] emission at minimum. Other cases might be discovered by long-term monitoring. These two variables are compared with Hubble-Sandage variables in external galaxies. The latter cover a wide range of colours and the best studied cases appear to be of considerably later type. Visual luminosities are comparable (Mv -9.4). Eta Car is distinguished from the LMC variables at minimum mainly by the strong wide wings accompanying sharp [Fe ii], Fe ii, etc., although the LMC variables have similar, but weak, wings accompanying Balmer lines at maximum; at minima such wings must fade or be obscured. The Eta Car wings are attributed to the inner regions of the nebulous halo which forms a remnant of the 1843 outburst. Title: The evolution of the Wolf-Rayet features of the slow nova, RR Telescopii. Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Webster, B. L. Bibcode: 1974MNRAS.168..101T Altcode: Between 1951 and 1960, the spectrum of RR Tclescopii contained broad emission bands similar to those in Wolf-Rayet stars, as well as a narrow nebular-line spectrum. As the nebular spectrum increased in ionization level, the equivalent Wolf-Rayet type of the bands varied from WN 6 to WN 3 or earlier and the bands became broader. The possible spectroscopic appearance of extremely high temperature Wolf-Rayet stars is described. it is suggested that the bands arose in the extended atmosphere of the nova remnant, which photoionized the outer nebula and supplied it with kinetic energy through mass loss. The remnant was rapidly contracting and increasing in temperature in the process of recovering from the nova outburst. Title: The system of α Crucis Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Hill, G. Bibcode: 1974MNRAS.168...55T Altcode: New radial-velocity data, obtained at the Radcliffe Observatory, are presented for the two components of cc Crucis, which exclude periods near one day. The star cc' Crucis is a long-period spectroscopic binary (P = 75 769 days) and cc2 Crucis is constant in velocity. The new results imply that cc Cru should no longer be rejected from Sco-Cen membership on grounds of radial velocity, but an unexplained difference in radial velocity between the two components remains. Title: Mira variables in four metal-rich globular clusters Authors: Andrews, P. J.; Feast, M. W.; Lloyd Evans, T.; Thackeray, A. D.; Menzies, J. W. Bibcode: 1974Obs....94..133A Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Spectroscopy of the eclipsing variable AR Pavonis. Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Hutchings, J. B. Bibcode: 1974MNRAS.167..319T Altcode: Spectra of the remarkable symbiotic object AR Pavonis covering 20 years (12 eclipse periods) are analysed for radial velocities and line-intensities. The eclipsed body shows an emission 0-type spectrum with H, He I (triplets, singlets) N iii, He ii 4686 emission having increasing concentration to the centre in that order. A mass function of 0 14o is found. In the nebular spectrum the [0 iii] (4959+ 5007)/4363 ratio is found to be + indicating log Ne 7, i.e. a much higher density than planetaries and more comparable with Z And and AG Peg; the absence of [Ne v], [Fe v] to [Fe vii] emission indicates a lower ionization temperature for AR Pav. The forbidden emission apparently varies with small velocity amplitude significantly out of phase with the primary source. The secondary is believed to be M3 III (possibly variable) whose TiO bands can be detected within 50 days of mid-eclipse; supporting evidence is provided by observations in J-L bands by Glass. The cF shell absorption, very strong during the 1954 egress when the variable was unusually bright, can be detected weakly through the cycle, possibly weaker with primary behind. Radial velocities suggest closer association with the primary than with the secondary. A model is proposed in which the M star is filling its Roche lobe and losing mass to the secondary through a stream which is mainly responsible for the cF absorption. Masses of order and for the primary and secondary are regarded as most likely. Although the distance cannot be accurately determined the primary is estimated to have Mv - (mean) while the system reached Mv -4 at the 1954 outburst. The changing structure of the Balmer emission is explained as due to a hydrogen shell surrounding the system and expanding with velocity 22 km -1 The P Cyg structure seems to have changed permanently since Sahade's 1948 observations. Title: Further observations of interstellar gas in the GUM nebula Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1974Obs....94...55T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Energy levels of Ca VII from observations of RR Telescopii. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1974MNRAS.167...87T Altcode: Three lines attributed to [Ca vii] have been found present in RR Tel since 1967. Their measured wavelengths lead to slightly revised energy levels of Ca vii. Title: Co-ordinates of NGC 5139 (Omega Centauri) Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1974MNSSA..33..109T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: RR Lyrae variables in the Magellanic Clouds Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1974MNSSA..33...66T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Note on a Possible Nova near HD 186058 Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1974MNSSA..33..131T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria. Report for the year ended 1973 March 31. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1973QJRAS..14..451T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Early visual detection of rapidly fluctuating variable stars Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1973Obs....93...84T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Spectroscopy of HD 153919 (= 2U 1700-37). Authors: Hutchings, J. B.; Thackeray, A. D.; Webster, B. L.; Andrews, P. J. Bibcode: 1973MNRAS.163P..13H Altcode: Radial velocities of He ii 4541 (absorption) and He ii 4636 (emission) in the O6f star HD 153919 confirm the star as the occulting body of the source 2U 1700-37 with the period days (`973). A large scatter may be due to the X-ray source passing through the atmosphere of the primary. The mass of the secondary is estimated to be 2'4 M0 on the assumption of 35 M0 for the primary. Title: Dust in the core of the Small MagellanicCloud Authors: Martin, W. L.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1973MNRAS.161P...5M Altcode: Of I I stars in the SMC core selected from UB V photometry as possibly reddened early-type stars, four appear to be members, one a Be star. The result is consistent with a normal dust content of the Cloud, but further photometry is desirable. Title: Absolute magnitudes of B-type primaries in visual binaries. Authors: Andrews, P. J.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1973MNRAS.165....1A Altcode: UB V photometry is presented of 12 faint components of physical pairs with early-type primaries, most of which are accepted as members of the Sco-Cen association. Absolute magnitudes of the young secondaries with types B8 V to F6 V are assumed to lie on a modified ZAMS or m below Blaauw's MK calibration for stars selected according to apparent magnitude; hence, through AV, absolute magnitudes of the primaries are derived photometrically and spectroscopically. The results for seven main-sequence stars are not significantly different from the Lesh and Walborn calibrations of B2 V stars. The distance moduli agree with Jones' revised values for five stars. Title: U 1700-37. Authors: Walker, E. N.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1973IAUC.2493....1W Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Galaxies. Authors: Burbidge, E. M.; Sersic, J. L.; Vorontsov-Vel'Yaminov, B.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1973IAUTA..15..357B Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Radial velocities of southern B stars determined at the Radcliffe Observatory—VII Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Tritton, S. B.; Walker, E. N. Bibcode: 1973MmRAS..77..199T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Radial velocities of southern B stars determined at the Radcliffe Observatory@VII Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Tritton, S. B.; Walker, E. N. Bibcode: 1973MNRAS.165..431T Altcode: Radial velocities and MK spectral classifications of 164 southern stars with HD types B and earlier are presented. Cape UBV photometry is available for nearly all the stars. For 116 stars there is no previously published velocity. The compilation essentially completes the survey of velocities of early-type stars brighter than 7.5 m over the whole sky. Title: S Doradus. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1973IAUC.2584....1T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria. Report for the year ending 1972 March 31. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1972QJRAS..13..573T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Two Hundred Years of the Radcliffe Observatory Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1972Natur.239..313T Altcode: Dr Thackeray, the Radcliffe Observer, traces the history of the Radcliffe Observatory at Oxford and later in South Africa. Title: The Uses of Early Type Stars for Galactic Distances Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1972QJRAS..13..243T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Magellanic Clouds. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1972MNSSA..31...47T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Errata: "The brightest stars in the Magellanic Clouds" [Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., Vol. 121, p. 337 - 385 (1960)]. Authors: Feast, M. W.; Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J. Bibcode: 1972MNRAS.155..383F Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: High-velocity gas near the Gum nebula. Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Warren, P. R. Bibcode: 1972MNRAS.160P..23T Altcode: Radcliffe coude' spectra of HR 3462 and 3527 confirm Wallerstein and Silk's observation of high velocity Ca II components but show three additional components which complicate the interpretation. Title: The Magellanic Clouds Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1972neas.conf...19T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: HDE 322417 and the H II region near IC 4628 Authors: Crampton, D.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1971Obs....91..109C Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria. Report for the year ending 1971 March 31. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1971QJRAS..12..320T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: H. Knox-Shaw, 1885 Oct. 12 - 1970 April 11. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1971QJRAS..12..197T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Photometry and spectroscopy of S Doradus, 1948-1970 Authors: Alexander, J. B.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1971Obs....91...25A Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Crepuscular Rays Extending below the Horizon Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1971MNSSA..30...21T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Variable Hydrogen Emission and Achernar Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1971MNSSA..30...22T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: An identified flying object (letter) Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Overbeek, M. D. Bibcode: 1971MNSSA..30..155T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Trigonometrical Parallaxes of LB 3303 and LB 3459 Authors: Churms, J.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1971IAUS...42...21C Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: A spectroscopic reconnaissance of a new beta Lyrae system HD 72754. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1971MNRAS.154..103T Altcode: HD 72754 (B2 I: pe) is a massive system resembling fl Lyr and W Cru spectroscopically and photometrically (secondary invisible), but the two shallow minima ( 0'2 m) are probably mainly ellipsoidal in origin. The mass-function derived from the spectroscopic orbit is 8'9 0, the period is 33.73 days and a sin i = 9oR . A scatter in radial velocities from individual lines suggests that the primary is best seen in Mg ii 4481, N ii (strong) and Si ii; also in He I but the triplets are distorted by a shell component corresponding to the very strong shell line He 3964. This shell shows no expansion (in contrast to fl Lyr and W Cru). Oxygen is barely detected except for 7774 (absorption) and 8446 (emission). Weak Fe ii emission is often seen. The infra-red Ca ii triplet appears in emission as in supergiants. [N ii] emission is found. Hydrogen emission (considerably sharper than in Lyr) is probably associated with the inner Lagrangian point and is suspected to suffer eclipse especially by the primary. The emission is cut into by very sharp shifting absorption; the velocity cycle of this absorption is remarkably similar to that of W Cru, showing an approaching stream around primary minimum. During the half-cycle with primary in front the H absorption varies smoothly like the He 3964 shell; these could be attributed to rotating rings surrounding the whole system. The system is probably of considerably less complexity than P Lyr in view of the sharpness of absorption and emission and in having an apparently non-expanding shell. Further study at higher resolution is called for to check the possible rotation of the He 3964 shell and marginal evidence of a tidal lag. It is found that within a group of nine fl Lyr systems large mass- functions are statistically associated with (a) emission and (b) early spectral type. The strength of N ii is possibly the result of mass-transfer in a close binary revealing material that has been nitrogen-enriched in the stellar interior. The invisible secondary is almost certainly the more massive component. If the primary obeys the mass-luminosity relation, values of Mv = -5'S, mass = 180 (mass-ratio = o'7) are found to be consistent with the photometry of a B2 Ib star at a distance of about 2 kpc. Title: Colour-Magnitude Arrays of the Brightest Stars Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1971ASSL...23....9T Altcode: 1971macl.conf....9T No abstract at ADS Title: Survey of Principal Characteristics of the Magellanic Clouds Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1971ASSL...23....3T Altcode: 1971macl.conf....3T No abstract at ADS Title: HD 72754 - a New Be Variable Star of Beta Lyrae Type Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Alexander, J. B.; Hill, P. W. Bibcode: 1970IBVS..483....1T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria. Report for the year ending 1970 March 31. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1970QJRAS..11..360T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The excitation of M8 Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1970Obs....90...30T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The double-lines spectroscopic binary epsilon Lupi (HD 136504). Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1970MNRAS.149...75T Altcode: The first spectroscopic orbit of the rd magnitude double-lined B3 binary E Lupi is derived. The binary is the brighter component of a close visual binary showing signs of orbital motion in 64 years. The triple system probably belongs to the Sco-Cen association. A fourth distant component of A type has also been observed but is probably not physically related. Title: A new RR Lyr variable with very high velocity. Authors: Alexander, J. B.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1970MNRAS.149...59A Altcode: The star C.P.D. - 74 214 (BV 1041) has been shown photometrically and spectroscopically to be an RR Lyr variable of type c with short period ( days), very high radial velocity (+304 km s-') and Preston Index As about 7. From the small proper motion an absolute magnitude brighter than + I 9 (Mv) is estimated. Title: Dr Harold Knox-Shaw (obituary) Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1970MNSSA..29...54T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The spectroscopic orbit of the O-type subdwarf HD 49798. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1970MNRAS.150..215T Altcode: A spectroscopic orbit of the single-lined O6 binary HD 49798 is derived. The period is I S477 days and a mass-function of o 272 + is found. The Jascheks' conclusion that the primary is a hot subdwarf (the brightest known) is confirmed in various ways. The lines of He ii are very strong and nitrogen in various stages of ionization is prominent; N iv is found, probably for the first time in celestial spectra. Blended wavelengths (H + He ii) are derived for Hfl and Hy for the purpose of radial velocities. The absence of eclipses or of ellipsoidal variations rules out a normal O6 V star for the primary. The system stands off in a plot of K. Wi - e2 against log P for 0 binaries (Fig. 2). If the primary has a mass of 1 oO or less in accordance with models of helium burning stars, the secondary must be more massive; a secondary on the normal main sequence could then only have a narrow range of type (late F) without becoming luminous enough to be detectable. A white dwarf secondary would provide the easiest way to satisfy the observations, but a spectrophotometric search for the companion in the infra-red might be profitable. Title: Velocity curve of W Serpentis. Authors: Greenstein, J. L.; Hernández, C.; Milone, L.; Sahade, J.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1970IBSH...16...40G Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Research on the Magellanic Clouds, 1967-1969 Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1970MNSSA..29...19T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The visual double HR 3817 and 3 Centaurus A Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1969Obs....89..235T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Forbidden Lines of NiIV in the Spectrum of RR Telescopii Authors: Lambert, D. L.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1969Ap&SS...5..283L Altcode: The rich spectrum of the slow nova RR Telescopii contains several strong unidentified lines. The possibility is re-examined that some of these lines are due to forbidden transitions of [Ni iv]. Success is partial but the new identifications include four strong lines (λλ5363, 5288, 5060, 5042) from the multiplet a4F-a2G. Title: Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria. Report for the year ending 1969 March 31. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1969QJRAS..10..263T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: 35. Infrared Spectra of Eta Carinae Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1969LIACo..15..323T Altcode: 1969MSRSL..17..323T No abstract at ADS Title: The Spectrum of Eta Carinae in the 10,000 Å Region Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1969MNSSA..28...37T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Orbits of two O-type spectroscopic binaries HD 93403 and 135240 Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Emerson, B. Bibcode: 1969MNRAS.142..429T Altcode: HD 93403 (06+07.5?) is a double-lined binary with eccentric orbit (e = ) and period days situated within the H ii region around Eta Carinae. HD 135240 is a 5rn 09 binary apparently sharing space motion with the triple system HD 135 i6o. Orbits have been derived for the first time for these two binaries. A least-squares iterative programme with pre-selected accuracy tolerance, has been developed for an iCL 1909 computer. Title: 36. Forbidden Lines in the Spectrum of RR Tel 951-1968 Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1969LIACo..15..327T Altcode: 1969MSRSL..17..327T No abstract at ADS Title: Infrared spectra of Eta Carinae. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1969MSRSL..25..323T Altcode: 1969tisa.conf..323T No abstract at ADS Title: Forbidden lines in the spectrum of RR Tel 1951 - 1968. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1969MSRSL..25..327T Altcode: 1969tisa.conf..327T No abstract at ADS Title: Supernova in Messier 83 Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1968S&T....36..295T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Erratum: the Star Cluster NGC 1866 and its Cepheids Authors: Arp, Halton; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1968ApJ...153.1014A Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: An early-type star with very high velocity Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1968Obs....88...56T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Supernova in M83 Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Andrews, P. J.; Wood, R. Bibcode: 1968MNSSA..27..105T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: An Unusual View of the Green Flash Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1968MNSSA..27..131T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Star Cluster NGC 1866 and its Cepheids Authors: Arp, Halton; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1967ApJ...149...73A Altcode: Colors and magnitudes of seven Cepheid variables and ninety-eight non-variables have been measured in the Large Magellanic Cloud star cluster, NOC 1866 An evolved main sequence of a few times 10 years in age and many red giants are seen in tbe color-magnitude diagram. The variables range between 2 6 and 3 5 days in period They all turn out to have very similar amplitudes, light-curve shapes, and, unexpectedly, all closely the same color index The region of the variables seems to be very sharply bounded on the red side The sequences which emerge from the high-accuracy measures on the giant branch seem to confirm very well the general predictions of evolution in the giant phase by Hofmeister, Kippenhahn, and Weigert and by Iben The cluster stars are similar to the younger stars that are numerous in the surrounding Large Magellanic Cloud field Title: Measured radial velocities of Proxima Centauri Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1967Obs....87...79T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Magellanic Cloud Stars Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1967Natur.214..136T Altcode: The Magellanic Clouds, visible in the Southern Hemisphere, are the nearest external galaxies. Their brightest stars can be distinguished unambiguously with the spectroscope. A spectral survey of the 194 brightest known stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud has provided new information on the evolution of massive stars. Such short-lived supergiants should be seen close to their birthplace in the sky. Title: Radial Velocity Needs and Large-Scale Galactic Structure Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1967IAUS...30..105T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Coudé spectra of Eta Carinae and the strongest lines of [Fe II] and [Ni II] Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1967MNRAS.135...51T Altcode: Coud spectra of the nucleus of Carinae in the ranges of wavelength 3 I0 4250A and A have been measured. Wavelengths and estimated intensities are listed in Table Ila and b. Garstang's transition probabilities for [Fe II] and [Ni II] have been invaluable in assigning new identifications, the agreement with observed intensities being very good. Over 100 [Fe II] lines belonging to 33 multiplets and 19 [Ni II] lines belonging to 7 multiplets are indentified. The [Fe IL] intensities together with Garstang's data suggest an excitation temperature of order + 1500 K. An interesting new identification in the ultra-violet is [N I] 3466. The [Ne III] lines disappeared temporarily in 1965, and the He I emission was simultaneously weakened. [S II] 6717, 6730 seem to have strengthened. Displaced absorptions are prominent in the Balmer lines and for other lines especially Ti II. Such structures vary with time. Title: Stellar Radial Velocities in the Scorpio-Centaurus Association and IC 944 Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1967IAUS...30..163T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: On a Very Distant Reflection of the Setting Sun Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1967MNSSA..26..108T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: A Lob Sided View of the Universe Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1967MNSSA..26..136T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Two new high-velocity subdwarfs Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1966Obs....86...60T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The spectroscopic binary δ Pictoris Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1966MNRAS.131..435T Altcode: The first spectroscopic orbit of the early-type binary 8 Pic (revised type B o (?III)) has been derived. The period of days fits observations at Radcliffe (1963-4), Cordoba (1949-50) and Lick Southern Expedition (`914). A secondary spectrum is detected for the first time and a mass ratio of I 89 j is derived; the system is a massive one with m1 sin3 i = 0, m2 sin3 i = 0. Cousins' discovery that the star is an eclipsing binary with two minima will eventually allow individual masses to be calculated. Title: Addendum: The eclipsing variable HD 161783 Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Knipe, G. F. G. Bibcode: 1966MNSSA..25...30T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The B-type spectroscopic binary HD 175544. Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Tatum, J. B. Bibcode: 1966PDAO...13...19T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Spectral variations of the B star HD 125823 Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1966MNSSA..25....7T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Radial velocities of three stars Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1966MNSSA..25...35T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Radial velocities of southern B stars determined at the Radcliffe Observatory, IV. The Sco-Cen association Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1966MmRAS..70...33T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Orbits of two double-lined spectroscopic binaries HD 147971 and 75759 Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1966MNRAS.134...97T Altcode: 1966MNRAS.134...98T HD 147971 (E Nor), discovered by the Lick observers over 50 years ago to show two spectra, consists of two B3 V stars. Orbital elements are derived for the first time (Table III). HD 75759 is a newly discovered binary system, consisting of two O9 V stars, with the long period of days and large eccentricity (Table VI). m1 sin3 i and m2 sin3 i are and respectively in the solution. The orbital elements are remarkably similar to those of L Ori and HD 37756. It is the central exciting source in a large H II region (Gum 17). Title: CaII Emission in a Young K Star Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1966IAUS...24...44T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Report of the Meeting on the Magellanic Clouds Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1966IAUTB..12..279T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Daytime Spectra of Comet Ikeya-Seki Near Perihelion Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Feast, M. W.; Warner, B. Bibcode: 1966ApJ...143..276T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Rotation of the Inner Parts of the Galactic System as Determined from OB Stars. Authors: Feast, M. W.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1965ApJ...142.1645F Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Spectra of S Equ during eclipse Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1965Obs....85..206T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Spectral classification of southern OB stars Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1965Obs....85..201T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: A photometric and spectroscopic study of the cluster IC 2944 Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J. Bibcode: 1965MNRAS.131..121T Altcode: The concentrated group of 0 stars surrounded by nebulosity and globules known as IC 2944 has been investigated photometrically and spectroscopically. Photoelectric results ( ) are presented for 6i stars down to 15 m. The nebulosity is too bright for photographic photometry of the faintest stars. Radial velocities (24 stars) and spectral classifications are available for the brighter stars. A mean colour excess = + , corresponding to visual absorption of m is found ; no marked variation in absorption across the cluster is found, but 8 stars of 0 type give an appreciably higher colour excess of +040. Among the stars with observed radial velocities, the percentage of binaries appears to be at least 50. There is no variation of radial velocity with either spectral type or magnitude exceeding a few kilometres per second, but a differential relativity shift between the 0 and early B stars of order 3 to 4 km/s is possible. The Cassegrain velocities for the K line differ systematically from the mean stellar velocities by -7 km/s. Coude' spectra of two of the brightest stars show a double K line with separation about I km/s; the shortward component probably arises in an expanding cloud directly associated with the group of 0 stars. Combination of photometry and spectroscopy gives an apparent distance modulus of + , and a true distance of kpc. Discussion of the colour-magnitude array is hampered by uncertainties regarding membership of faint stars, but the group must be dominated by bright stars (0 and B types). A few red stars appear to the right of the Hertzsprung gap ; of these, the most certain member is the brightest (HD 101712) with a peculiar composite spectrum (M2Ib pe + B?) including [Fe IIJ emission. Title: Spectroscopic variations of S. Doradus Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1965MNRAS.129..169T Altcode: Slit spectra of S Doradus during the faintest known minimum ( B) are compared with one taken at maximum (9.4) in 1959. [Fe II] emission is more prominent than it was during the 1955 minimum and [N ii], [S II], [Fe III] and [Ni ii] are all found : H and He I are present with P Cyg structure. No "symbiotic" signs of TiO absorption are found. This nebular spectrum could be a permanent feature (masked by the strong continuum at maximum phase) and represent a dense low-excitation corona like that surrounding Eta Cannae. At maximum P Cyg structure is very well marked, with Ti 11 and Sc II relatively more prominent than Fe II in absorption. The radial velocity derived from 9 [Fe ii] lines at minimum is +272+ km/s. This probably represents the" true" radial velocity of the star, whereas permitted Fe ii, Ti ii lines are shifted longward by some 21 per cent of the total P Cyg displacement ( ). A comparison is made with similar shifts of order to 25 to 30 per cent found in some galactic P Cyg stars. Title: Orbits of two double-lined binaries HD 140008 and 178322 Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Hutchings, F. B. Bibcode: 1965MNRAS.129..191T Altcode: Radial velocities of the spectroscopic binaries HD 140008 and 178322 are presented and orbits derived. Both stars show two very similar spectra and periods near 12 days. The double-lined character of HD 178322 was not previously known. Membership of the Sco-Cen association is strengthened for HD 140008 by the derived value of the y velocity; HD 178322, regarded as a" probable member" by Blaauw, has a y velocity deviating by + km/s from the predicted velocity. Title: Naked-Eye Observations of the Setting of Stars and Planets [Addendum: 1965MNSSA..24..146T] Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1965MNSSA..24..127T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Nucleus of Comet Ikeya-Seki Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1965MNSSA..24..159T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Eclipsing Variable HD 161783 (BV 420) Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Knipe, G. F. G. Bibcode: 1965MNSSA..24..109T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Statistics of Bright Stars with unknown Radial Velocities, Colours and Parallaxes Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1965MNSSA..24...51T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Work of the Radcliffe Observatory Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1964JRASC..58...55T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Occultation of Regulus by Venus Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1964Obs....84...37T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Studies of NGC 6067 and IC 2944 Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1964IAUS...20...18T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Work of the Radcliffe Observatory Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1964MNSSA..23...71T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Short-period variables in the Magellanic Clouds Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1964IAUS...20..370T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Radial velocities as a guide to spiral structure Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1964IAUS...20..155T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Faint southern B star velocities Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1964IAUS...20...61T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: An Exceptional Minimum of S Doradus Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1964MNSSA..23...32T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Review of Magellanic Cloud problems Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1964IAUS...20..380T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Radial Velocities of Five Stars Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1964MNSSA..23...81T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Southern Skies an Underworked Goldmine Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1963SouSt..20...33T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Radial velocities of southern B stars determined at the Radcliffe Observatory (paper III). Authors: Feast, M. W.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1963MmRAS..68..173F Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Recent Developments in Studies of the Magellanic Clouds Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1963AdA&A...2..263T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Coude spectra of Magellanic Cloud supergiants Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1962Obs....82..207T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: A note on the high-velocity stars HD 214539 Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1962Obs....82...72T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The high-velocity star HD 151397 and its relation to NGC 6231 Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1962Obs....82...71T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The infra-red spectrum of Eta Carinae Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1962MNRAS.124..251T Altcode: Measured wave-lengths and intensities of 143 emission lines between 6666 and zzA in the spectrum of Eta Carinae are presented, based on four Radcliffe coud spectra. z8 well-established lines, including the strongest at 849oA, cannot be identified. Lines of N I, [Ar iii] and ? [Ti ii] are found. Wave-lengths of [Cr ii] lines appear to deviate slightly from predictions and might indicate a revision of about o.5 cm- in the lower energy levels. Title: Motions Within the Magellanic Clouds Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1962IAUS...15..105T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: New Members of the Large Magellanic Cloud Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1962MNSSA..21...47T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The cluster NGC 6067 Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J.; Harding, G. A. Bibcode: 1962MNRAS.124..445T Altcode: Photoelectric (U, B, V) and photographic (B, V) measures of 316 stars, mostly within an area of 95 square minutes of arc, in the rich galactic cluster NGC 6067 are presented. Spectral classifications are available for 30 bright stars, nearly all of which are members of the cluster. The visual absorption is determined from the reddened B stars as o 90 and appears to be uniform over the cluster. The apparent distance modulus is , and the true distance kpc; this result is derived by three nearly independent methods: (i) main-sequence fitting, (ii) spectroscopic parallaxes, (iii) the radial velocity of the cluster (-43 km/sec). The colour-magnitude array suggests that NGC 6o67 is similar to the Pleiades in age and intermediate between M i i, and h and Persei. NGC 6067 is about 15 to 20 times richer than the Pleiades. K type supergiants are present intermediate between the positions of corresponding red branches of M I I and h and Persei. The proportion of bright red stars is about the same in NGC 6067 and M I I. A very well-defined Hertzsprung gap is crossed at the top by a spriflkbng of supergiants (A to K) with Mv about -4 to -5. The cluster occupies a central position in the Norma Cloud, similar to M ii in the Scutum Cloud. Title: New Members of the Small Magellanic Cloud Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1962MNSSA..21...74T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Southern Skies - An Underworked Goldmine [erratum: 1962MNSSA..21..149T] Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1962MNSSA..21...96T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The infra-red spectrum of eta Carinae Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1961Obs....81..102T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Spectra of the polarized halo around eta Carinae Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1961Obs....81...99T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Astronomical spectroscopy Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1961assp.book.....T Altcode: 1961QB465.T5....... No abstract at ADS Title: Spectral classification and photometry of Southern B stars. Authors: Feast, M. W.; Stoy, R. H.; Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J. Bibcode: 1961MNRAS.122..239F Altcode: 248 B stars drawn from the Cape Zone Catalogue of faint stars, from the Tonantaintla lists of OB stars, from Selected Areas 172, 193, 194 and from the Henry Draper Catalogue have been observed for spectral classification. Of these, 184 have been observed photoelectrically in three colours at the Cape or Radcliffe Observatories. Corrected distance moduli (based on MK classes and B-V photometry) are tabulated. Stars with computed distances greater than 3 kpc are plotted on the galactic plane (together with northern stars from Hiltner's list). A considerable concentration of distant supergiants is found in longitudes (1") 328 to 3360. 46 Tonantaintla OB stars are nearly all classified as B2 or earlier, but only two supergiants are found among them. Title: Analysis of radial velocities of stars and nebulae in the Magellanic Clouds Authors: Feast, M. W.; Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J. Bibcode: 1961MNRAS.122..433F Altcode: Radial velocities of 6i stars in the LMC are analysed together with Lick measures of nebular velocities. It is pointed out that, in principle, instantaneous measures of radial velocity do not distingulsh between the rotation and translation of a solid body. A least squares solution yields a vector 813 i 6 km/s (corrected for solar motion and galactic rotation) which is held to be mainly due to solid- body rotation of the LMC. The corresponding gradient of radial Velocities in the sky is km/s/deg in p.a. 1710 in which an uncertainty of + 1.7 km/s/deg would be contributed by a translational velocity of 100 km/s. Small departures from this solution in the outer parts indicate some differential rotation. Further analysis, on the basis of deVaucouleurs' inclined plane model, yields a rotation curve which disagrees with de Vaucouleurs but which is only slightly steeper than the corrected peak velocities derived from 21 cm profiles. The optical velocities are more symmetrical about the radio centre than about de Vaucouleurs' optical centre. The mass of the LMC is derived from (a) a model of a uniform rotating ellipsoid, (b) a model of a non-uniform rotating ellipsoid (after Perek) and (c) Bottlinger's inteipolation formula for differential rotation. The best estimate for the mass within 40.5 of the centre is X 10100. The velocity-dispersion appears to be slightly larger in the inner portions of the LMC and for the brightest stars compared with the faintest observed. SMC stars with known velocities cover too small an area of the sky to deduce optical evidence of the rotation of the system. The velocitydispersion in the SMC is of order i6 km/s, as in the LMC. Title: CPD -69o177, A Bright White Dwarf? Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1961MNSSA..20...40T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: A W VIR variable in omega Centauri Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1960Obs....80..226T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Some Observations of VV Puppis Authors: Oosterhoff, P. T.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1960S&T....19..337O Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: 47 Tucanae : Radial velocities and spectral types of individual stars Authors: Feast, M. W.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1960MNRAS.120..463F Altcode: A discussion is given of the radial velocities and spectral types of 32 stars in 47 Tuc determined from 64 plates. The spectral types of 23 red giants lie in the range of MK types G8-M2 and luminosity classes Il-Ill. There is a slight CN discrepancy, but the spectra are much more normal than the extreme population II globular cluster stars. The metal/hydrogen ratio is unlikely to be less than 1/4 normal. The spectroscopic evidence suggests that the top of the giant branch lies below and to the red of that of other globular clusters in the HR diagram. One red giant, not known to be a variable star shows a variable spectrum. A mean velocity of - km/sec for the cluster is deduced. A dependence of radial velocity on spectral type is found. It is unlikely that this is due to the wavelength system employed. From the velocity dispersion of the red giants it is found that under almost any assumption the mass of 47 Tuc is unlikely to be greater than x solar masses and taking into account the dependence of velocity on type may well be less than >C io solar masses. The mass/light ratio (0.3 solar units) is much less than in intermediate spirals and elliptical galaxies. The membership and spectrum of a bright B8 III star is discussed. Two irregniar and one semi-regnlar red variables have spectral types in the range M2-3 Il-Ill; three regular (2ood) red variables have types in the range lI-Ib, and are normal Me variables. The velocities of these stars are discussed. The distance modulus of 47 Tuc is deduced from the RR Lyrae member (HV 814). It is shown that a distance of kpc, which follows if HV 814 has a median absolute visual magnitude of + , fits best with the spectroscopic absolute magnitudes of the red giants, the red variables and the B-type member. Title: The brightest stars in the Magellanic Clouds Authors: Feast, M. W.; Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J. Bibcode: 1960MNRAS.121..337F Altcode: Spectroscopic and photoelectric observations of individual members of the Magellanic Clouds are presented (Sections `-7). Table II includes spectral classifications of 50 Small Cloud objects and io5 Large Cloud objects; of these 93 have been observed photoelectrically (mostly in 3 colours), and I I 2 have measured radial velocities. Table III also lists 103 stars proved spectroscopically to be foreground galactic stars. In Section 8 the observed colours of Cloud stars are compared with intrinsic colours of galactic supergiants by Johnson (0 to A3) and Feinstein (Ac to K ). With the exception of Johnson's dip at A3 the least reddened Cloud stars agree well with these colours. Cloud stars are subject to a small amount of reddening (E v =0 io) apparently arising partly in the Clouds and partly in the Galaxy. The Cloud reddening is greater for stars involved in nebulosity. In Section 9 the HR diagram shows stars at Ac to A3 brighter visually than the early B and 0 supergiants. Bolometrically, however, the brightest stars (Mb -`i) cover this whole range of spectral types; these brightest stars all tend to show P Cyg characteristics in their spectra and are probably at the limit of stability for massive stars (mass iooQ). Some peculiar emission-line stars resembling Eta Car are slightly less luminous. The few red super-supergiants (visually among the brightest Large Cloud members) are probably very rare objects. Photographically, the i8th brightest known LMC member has B= . In Section Ic, a detailed spectroscopic comparison between Cloud stars and galactic standards is made (together with a comparison of the gas in the Large and Small Cloud). Most of the small peculiarities noted can be attributed to very high luminosity (e.g. narrowness of the H lines) and lack of suitable galactic standards. In particular, no outstanding peculiarities are found in the Ic long-period Cloud Cepheids which have been studied. A list of z6 elements (including La ii) identified in Cloud spectra is given. In Section ii, a discussion of the UBV photometry shows that the reddening and intrinsic lines reinforce the essential similarity of stars (and dust) in both Clouds and the Galaxy. In Sections 12 and 13 evidence is presented that interstellar lines due to Cloud and galactic gas occur in spectra of stars in both Clouds. Stars showing Cloud interstellar lines tend to be involved in nebulosity; our stars of type earlier than Bi are all involved in nebulosity, as in the Galaxy. The W stars and red super-supergiants also appear to be associated with nebulous regions. In Sections 14 and 15 foreground stars are briefly discussed. Details of the photometric evidence for foreground galactic absorption are presented, and spectra of 3 peculiar galactic stars are described. Title: Frederick John Marrian Stratton (obituary) Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1960MNSSA..19..130T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: 47 Tucanae: The Membership of Two RR Lyrae Variables Authors: Feast, M. W.; Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J. Bibcode: 1960MNRAS.120...64F Altcode: Harvard variables 810, 814 are shown to be the first known RR Lyr variables belonging to the globular cluster 47 Tuc. Their periods are long for their Bailey types. Their radial velocities do not differ significantly from that of 47 Tuc. Their spectra show only a moderate degree of metal weakness. Title: The Differences Among Globular Clusters: Comparison of globular clusters in the galaxy and in the Magellanic Clouds Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1959AJ.....64..437T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Report of proceedings of Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1959MNRAS.119..391T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Errors in spectral classification with objective prisms Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1959Obs....79...10T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Note on systematic erors in trigonometrical parallaxes correlated with declination Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1959Obs....79....8T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Recent spectra of RR Telescopii Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1959Obs....79...11T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The emission line spectrum of the eclipsing variable AR Pavonis Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1959MNRAS.119..629T Altcode: The bright line spectrum of AR Pav is described. During eclipse the intensity of the H lines weakens relative to the nebular lines; He I weakens more, while He ii 4686 nearly disappears. Stratification as in a planetary nebula is suggested. In the P Cyg structure of the Balmer lines the red component is always stronger than the violet, but equality is approached for over 100 days following eclipse. The separation of the components narrows during eclipse by an amount which varies in different cycles. Outside eclipse the mean separation obeys Struve's relation V3 P- for gaseous rings. A model of a thick ring subject to differential rotation is considered and proffles computed geometrically for various types of eclipse. The observed narrowing of components is not reproduced in this model. As an alternative an expanding ring is considered briefly, and this model predicts symmetrical narrowing during eclipse. Title: The Magellanic Clouds Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1959IAUS....7...81T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Second Conference on Co-ordination of Galactic Research Authors: Blaauw, A.; Larsson-Leander, G.; Roman, N. G.; Sandage, A.; Weaver, H. F.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1959IAUS....7.....B Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Observations of the Occultation of Regulus by Venus at the Radcliffe Observatory Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1959MNSSA..18...63T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Coronal lines in the post-maximum spectra of RS OPH 1958 Authors: Griffin, R. F.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1958Obs....78..245G Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Observations of Icarus Authors: Kinman, T. D.; Lourens, J. V. B.; Russo, T. W.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1958Obs....78..202K Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Magellanic Clouds - spectroscopy and photometry of bright stars Authors: Feast, M. W.; Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J. Bibcode: 1958Obs....78..156F Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Magellanic Clouds and Stellar Populations Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1958RA......5..195T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Periods and light-curves of variable stars in NGC 121 Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1958MNRAS.118..117T Altcode: 82 photographs of the globular cluster NGC 121 on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, covering a total range of 9 years but mostly concentrated in three consecutive seasons, are used to derive periods and light- curves of 5 variables within I' of the cluster. Of these, three are short- period variables (periods between 0.50 and days) of Bailey a and b type with the usual relations between period, amplitude and shape of light-curve. The other two, among the reddest and brightest of the cluster-stars, have periods of and I 12A: days. The light-variations are presented in the form of step-estimates on a basic" sequence. Four other short-period variables have been found on the plates which are too far from the cluster to be members. They are sufficiently faint to be regarded as possibly the first instance of RR Lyr variables in the general field of the Small Magellanic Cloud. Title: Double Stars in the Region of the Large Magellanic Cloud Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1958MNSSA..17...56T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Radcliffe Observations of the Minor Planet Icarus - June 1958 Authors: Kinman, T. D.; Thackeray, A. D.; Lourens, J. Van B.; Russo, T. W. Bibcode: 1958MNSSA..17...70K Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: 47 Tucanae - an Interim Report Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1958RA......5...69T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Analysis of radial velocities of distant B type stars Authors: Feast, M. W.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1958MNRAS.118..125F Altcode: Radial velocities of 314 early B type stars with calculated distances (based on photoelectric colours and MK classifications) greater than I kpc are analysed for differential galactic rotation. The incorporation of Radcliffe velocities of southern stars renders the distribution in longitude much more uniform than in earlier analyses. At distances greater than 2 kpc there is even a marked deficiency of northern material. First-order analyses of stellar and interstellar velocities are carried out for various distance groups (Section 5, Table III). A negative K-term (Section 6) is found in the region I to 2 kpc, but more distance groups do not suggest that this is due to a general contraction of the galaxy. The possible connection with the deviation of the vertex is briefly discussed. The K-term in the region I to 2 kpc is diminished considerably when a systematic correction, apparently applicable to the Lick velocities of faint B stars (Section 3), is taken into account. The effect of this correction is also to increase the derived values of the Oort A constant. The group of stars at distances greater than kpc yields an abnormally low value of A, but this is regarded as chiefly a result of selection leading to a large proportion of overestimated distances in this group. The velocity dispersion found for the inner part of the galaxy is not found to have an abnormal value (Section 7). The Camm linear approximation is used (Section 8) to derive a value of the Oort A constant. The final value A = + km/sec/kpc is adopted. Two partly independent methods are used to derive a value of R, the distance to the galactic centre; the most probable value is kpc (Section 10, Table IX). A value of 0.5 for the ratio of the axes of the velocity ellipsoid appears to be appropriate to distant B stars. The calibration of the MK luminosity scale is tested (Section II) for stars in the range B to . A curve of differential rotation w(R) is derived (Section 12). The results show no significant deviation from the radio results and suggest that W# is positive in the range of R covered by the observations. Title: A study of bright members of the Large Magellanic Cloud Authors: Feast, M. W.; Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J. Bibcode: 1958IAUS....5....7F Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Radial velocities of southern B stars determined at the Radcliffe Observatory Part II. Authors: Feast, M. W.; Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J. Bibcode: 1957MmRAS..68....1F Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Astronomical Advantages of the Southern Hemisphere Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1957MNSSA..16...44T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Radial velocities of southern B stars determined at the Radcliffe Observatory (Paper II) (summary) Authors: Feast, M. W.; Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J. Bibcode: 1957MNRAS.117..579F Altcode: In the second stage of the Radcliffe programme on radial velocities of southern 0 and B type stars, velocities of 130 stars selected for distance (chiefly m0 - M > I I o) are presented together with 59 stars with previously observed velocities. All the stars have been classified on the MK system. The fainter stars demanded the use of faster emulsions compared with Paper I, and an investigation of residuals of the lines He 4471, 4026 has shown that for these emulsions significant deviations from IAU wave-lengths occur which vary with line-width, in accordance with Petrie's findings. The Radcliffe procedure as regards wave-lengths of 4471, 4026 has been revised accordingly. The stars of this paper with newly determined velocities are at an average distance more than twice as great as that of the stars in Paper I. Title: The Cluster NGC 1786 in the Large Magellanic Cloud Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1957MNSSA..16....3T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: An Attempted Spectroscopic Observation of Comet Arend-Roland Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Feast, M. W. Bibcode: 1957MNSSA..16...36T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Spectroscopic Indications of an Internal Spiral Arm in the Galaxy Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1956Natur.178.1458T Altcode: SPIRAL structure within our galaxy has been detected by three methods: (a) space-plotting of stellar associations1, (b) multiple structure in the H 21 cm. radiation2, (c) multiple structure in the interstellar lines of Ca II and Na I in distant stars3. The radio method (b) has the advantage over the two optical methods in that it will penetrate to the limits of the galaxy. On the other hand, the interpretation of the radio profiles for directions within 90° of the galactic centre is greatly complicated by the superposition of radiation from regions at very different distances which have the same angular velocity. By contrast, method (c) can reveal unambiguously the presence of one, two or more spiral arms within a light-path limited by a distant star. The limited light-paths used in method (c) are of advantage in the internal regions of the galaxy. Title: Polarization of eta Carinae Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1956Obs....76..154T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The distance and absolute magnitude of eta Carinae Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1956Obs....76..103T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Report of proceedings of Pretoria, Radcliffe Observatory Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1956MNRAS.116..200T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Red supergiants in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Authors: Feast, M. W.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1956MNRAS.116..587F Altcode: Five members of the Large Cloud have been discovered with absolute visual magnitudes about - , spectral types from F8 to G : and with colours between % and Y I 45. Four of these stars are among the 30 brightest known members of the Cloud. The census of the brightest blue stars must be regarded as complete, but owing to the difficulty of distinction of foreground stars more red super-supergiants probably remain to be discovered. Title: Nocturnal Temperature Ranges, Winds and Seeing Conditions at the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1956MNSSA..15...35T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: IC 2944 - An O Type Association Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1956MNSSA..15...20T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Shells around P Cygni stars Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1956VA......2.1380T Altcode: The spectra of four stars, previously discovered to be surrounded by nebulous envelopes, are briefly discussed. AG Carinae, HD 138403, and Eta Carinae are truly described as P Cygni stars. Emission and absorption lines are found in C.D. — 46° 11816, but the P Cygni character of this star is not certainly established. Title: A study of bright members of the Large Magellanic Cloud Authors: Feast, M. W.; Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J. Bibcode: 1955Obs....75..216F Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Distances of the Magellanic Clouds (II) Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J. Bibcode: 1955Obs....75...33T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: RR Telescopii in 1953 and 1954, and the development of slow novae Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1955MNRAS.115..236T Altcode: Recent developments in the emission spectrum of RR Tel include the emergence of C iv, [A iv], [K iv], [Fe iv], [Fe v]. A special search for the hitherto unknown [Fe iv] lines proved successful in the light of Edien's independent predictions from laboratory data. Fe ii lines have faded steadily relative to [Fe ii]. The rate of development towards higher stages of ionization is compared with that of other slow novae. Time intervals between corresponding stages of RR Pic, RR Tel, RT Ser and Car are found to be approximately in the ratios I : 6 : 17 : 220. One result of this comparison is to give some grounds for supposing that Car brightened from a pre-nova state not very long before Halley's observation in 1677. Title: Radial velocities of southern B stars determined at the Radcliffe Observatory (Summary of paper published in the Memoris of the R. A. S. ) Authors: Feast, M. W.; Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J. Bibcode: 1955MNRAS.115..217F Altcode: The application of the Radcliffe Cassegrain spectrograph to the determination of radial velocities together with tests of its performance are described. Flexure effects at large hour-angles and on reversal of the telescope are found to be insignificantly small. 59 plates of IAU standard stars (mostly from the list of faint standards) give a zero-point difference of IAU-Radcliffe= 0 90 I (s.e.) km/s. New velocities have been determined of 147 southern B stars selected according to the following criteria: (I) HD type B or earlier, (2) GC visual magnitude 7.5 or brighter, (3) Declination south of 350, (4) odd minutes of R.A. (1950). For the great majority of these stars the velocities depend upon five or more plates. Spectral types and luminosities on the Morgan system have been estimated. Photoelectric colours and magnitudes of the stars are being determined at the Cape Observatory. In addition, radial velocities have been measured for 38 B stars, mostly southern, for comparison with velocities previously determined at other observatories. Two diagrams (p. 218) illustrate the galactic rotation effects as shown by 145 stars with new velocities and by the interstellar gas (from 53 stars with wellestablished interstellar K lines). The sample of stars observed has an average distance probably somewhat less than I kpc. The velocities seem to be free from systematic motions associated with the group. Title: Note on Small Dark Clouds Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1955LIACo...6..437T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Radial velocities of southern B stars determined at the Radcliffe Observatory. (Paper 1). Authors: Feast, M. W.; Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J. Bibcode: 1955MmRAS..67...51F Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Stars in Motion Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1955MNSSA..14...29T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: A Rainbow After Sunset Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1955MNSSA..14...10T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Characteristics of Some Diffuse Nebulae in the Magellanic Clouds Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1955IAUS....2...39T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Another symbiotic star Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1954Obs....74..258T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Spectra of the eclipsing variable AR Pavonis Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1954Obs....74..257T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The excitation of emission lines in late-type variables Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1954Obs....74..212T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: [Fe IV] in 1953 spectra of RR Telescopii? Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1954Obs....74...90T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The helium star HD 168476 Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1954MNRAS.114...93T Altcode: Wave-lengths of 206 absorption lines have been measured in HD 168476 between 3700 and 6700 A. No lines of hydrogen or oxygen are found, while lines of He I, C ii and Ne I are prominent. A list is given of the various elements represented. A large range of excitation and ionization potentials is exhibited. Ti ii, with the same I.P. as H and 01, is definitely present. Except for H and 0, a fair match with the spectrum of the B supergiant 67 Oph can be made, but equivalent widths in HD 168476 are about twice those in the supergiant; this corresponds roughly to increasing the number of atoms above the photosphere by a factor 10. The observations are consistent with a great deficiency 9f hydrogen causing increased transparency and the spectral characteristics of a supergiant. The velocity -165 km/s appears to be constant. In view of the large positive velocity of HD 160641, a similar H-weak star, these stars must be regarded as high-velocity objects rather than as exhibiting peculiar atmospheric motions. Proper motion data suggest an absolute magnitude of -2 or brighter; this is supported by evidence from a line in HD 168476 which is probably due to interstellar calcium. Title: [Fe IV] in 1953 Spectra of RR Telescopii? Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1954MNSSA..13....5T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Distances of the Magellanic Clouds II Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J. Bibcode: 1954MNSSA..13...99T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Another Symbiotic Star Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1954MNSSA..13...72T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Note on the spectra of K-type dwarfs in the region of H and K, M. W. Feast and A. D. Thackeray Authors: Feast, M. W.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1954MNRAS.114..635F Altcode: The line Si 3905 is considerably strengthened in K-type dwarfs compared with giants. Emission cores to H and K are recorded on dense exposures as apparently a normal feature in dwarfs of type K2 and later. Title: Spectra of the Eclipsing Variable AR Pavonis Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1954MNSSA..13...70T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Observations of the Minor Planet Icarus - 1954 Authors: Lourens, J. Van B.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1954MNSSA..13..100L Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Distances of the Magellanic Clouds Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J. Bibcode: 1953Natur.171..693T Altcode: THE distances of 26 and 23 kiloparsecs derived by Shapley1 for the two Magellanic Clouds depend upon assuming the same absolute magnitudes for the Cepheid variables in the Clouds and in our own galaxy. The absolute magnitudes of the galactic Cepheids are still subject to considerable uncertainties, and it would be more satisfactory to use as distance-indicators the RR Lyræ variables (with periods less than 1 day) the absolute magnitudes of which are known more accurately and which are found in great abundance in our own galaxy. Very few such variables, however, have been found in the Small Cloud2, and none so far has been reported in the Large Cloud. Title: The excitation of 4372A in long period variable stars Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1953Obs....73...83T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Spectrum of HD 141969 Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1953MNSSA..12...72T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Identifications in the spectra of Eta Carinae and RR Telescopii Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1953MNRAS.113..211T Altcode: Wave-lengths and intensity estimates of lines in the spectra of Eta Carinae and RR Telescopii between 3700 and 8900 A are presented. Both spectra are characterized by strong Fe II emission, forbidden and permitted, and by weak continua. Representations of individual elements in the two stars are discussed in Section 4 (Eta Carinae) and in Section 8 (RR Tel). Doubly ionized elements (especially 0, Ne, S, A and Fe) are better represented in RR Tel which shows in 1952 a transition between the "Eta Carinse" and "nebular" stages of a slow nova. Oxygen lines, permitted and forbidden, are so much stronger in RR Tel that a deficiency of 0 in Eta Carinae is rather strongly indicated. A few unidentified lines are listed in Table VI. The strongest (in Eta Carinae) is in the infra-red at about 8493 A. The relative intensities of [Fe II] lines agree generally with the order of prominence suggested in the Revised Multiplet Table, but a few exceptions are noted (Section 6). The strongest lines in Eta Carinae have structures characteristic of Type III in Beals's classification of P Cygni profiles (Section 5). They are accompanied by diffuse absorptions with velocities about -450 km/s. These absorptions are found accompanying 12 strong [Fe II] lines. The double emission peaks are best marked for H and [Fe III]. Similar displaced absorptions are found in a few He lines in RR Tel with velocities -68 (1951) and -86 km/s (1952). ______________________ Title: The Distances of the Magellanic Clouds Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J. Bibcode: 1953MNSSA..12...33T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Note on the brightening of Eta Carinae Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1953MNRAS.113..237T Altcode: The recently reported brightening of Carinae refers to integrated magnitudes "nucleus plus halo ". Gaviola's isophotes show that the halo must have brightened. The brightening of the nucleus is probably very much less. Title: The Rome Meeting of the IAU Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1953MNSSA..12....8T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Observations of the Minor Planet Icarus - August 1943 Authors: Lourens, J. Van B.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1953MNSSA..12...86L Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: H.D. 168476 and 124448 - two similar stars Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J. Bibcode: 1952Obs....72..248T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Report of proceedings of Pretoria, Radcliffe Observatory Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1952MNRAS.112..318T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Hydrogen in the Universe (Presidential Address 1952) Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1952MNSSA..11...79T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Naked Eye Observations of a Planet's Opposition Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1952MNSSA..11...50T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Observations of the Minor Planet Icarus Authors: Feast, M. W.; Lourens, J. Van B.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1952MNSSA..11..107F Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The spectrum of eta Carinae Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1951Obs....71..205T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The spectrum of eta Carinae Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1951Obs....71..167T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The minimum and amplitude of S INDI Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1951Obs....71...41T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Nova Tucanae 1951 Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1951MNSSA..10...96T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Cassegrain Spectrograph of the Radcliffe Observatory Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1951MNSSA..10...29T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Spectrum of Eta Carinae Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1951MNSSA..10...88T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Spectrum of Eta Carinae Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1951MNSSA..10...56T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Variables in the Sculptor system Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1950Obs....70..144T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Additional observations and improved ephemeris of VV Puppis Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J.; Oosterhoff, P. Th. Bibcode: 1950BAN....11..193T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: A photographic survey of bright southern planetary nebulae Authors: Evans, David S.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1950MNRAS.110..429E Altcode: Twenty-six objects believed to be planetary nebulae with diameters greater than 8 seconds of arc, south of declination 400, have been investigated. Descriptions, and photographs of those which definitely are planetary nebulae, are presented. Some comments on the classification of planetary nebulae are offered, and the proportions exhibiting various types of symmetrical form are tabulated. Title: Nova Scorpii 1950 and RR Telescopii Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1950MNSSA...9...69T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Proxima Centauri Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1950MNSSA...9....9T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Some southern stars involved in nebulosity Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1950MNRAS.110..524T Altcode: An outer shell of nebulosity surrounding Eta Carinae is described. AG Carinae,HD 138403 and CoD 460 11816 are found to be surrounded by nebulous disks or shells with [0 III] weak or absent. These three stars all have Harvard classification of P Cygni type and resemble planetaries of low excitation. The spectrum of HD 138403 has some affinity to that of the nebulosity round T Tauri. Diffuse nebulosities near HD 92207 and CPD - 590 2661 in the neighbourhood of Eta Carinae are also described. A complex field of bright and dark nebulosity at 11h 36rn 63007 indicates close interaction between stars and nebulosity. The small dark areas are highly irregular in outline and also appear to lie close to stars. Title: Observations of the brightest regions of three diffuse nebulae Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1950MNRAS.110..343T Altcode: Observations, by direct photography and spectroscopy, of the three diffuse nebulae Mi6, M20 and M8 are presented and discussed, with special reference to the bright rims around associated dark lanes. The spectra of the rims are found to consist of a strengthening of the nebular spectrum. The ratio HP!Ni is greater at or near the rims. Weak continuous spectrum is found in the brightest rim of Mi6. Qualitative evidence is presented that the dark matter is moving inwards towards a central star or stars against the bright nebulosity. The brightest part of M8 reveals a complex structure intimately associated with faint stars. A green photograph, avoiding emission lines, reveals nuclei which may be stellar. There is a strong continuous spectrum, in addition to a nebular spectrum with permitted lines enhanced relative to forbidden. Title: The Minimum Amplitude of S Indi Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1950MNSSA...9...88T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Five southern stars with emission-line spectra Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1950MNRAS.110...45T Altcode: Low-dispersion spectra showing bright lines of Proxima Centauri, RR Telescopii and of three long-period variables in 47 Tucanae are described. Proxima Centauri is of dMe type, the emission lines apparently varying in intensity. RR Telescopii underwent a rather abrupt transition from F-type absorption to emission plus continuous during the period 1949. August to September. Title: Nebulosity surrounding Eta Carinae Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1949Obs....69...31T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Kappa Crucis Cluster Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1949MNSSA...8...30T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Short-Period Variable Star VV Puppis Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Wesselink, A. J. Bibcode: 1949MNSSA...8...91T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Line-intensities in Stars of Type G5 to K5 Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1949MNRAS.109..436T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Colours of Distant Nebulae Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1949MNSSA...8...55T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: RR Telescopii Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1949MNSSA...8...84T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: CoD -62 466 and CPD -62 1643 Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1949MNSSA...8...15T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: A Newtonian Spectrograph Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1949MNSSA...8...57T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: On some possible evolutionary trends in the interstellar medium Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1948Obs....68...22T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Spectrum of ρ Cassiopeiae, 1939 Authors: Tai, W. S.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1948MNRAS.108..271T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Spectrum of ρ Cassiopeiae, 1946-1947 Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1948MNRAS.108..279T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Stellar Spectra Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1948MNSSA...7...86T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Spectrum of ρ Cassiopeiæ Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1947Natur.160..370T Altcode: THE spectrum of the irregular variable ρ Cassiopeise has been variously classified as G7 (Victoria), cG0 (Mt. Wilson), F8p (Yerkes) and F8p (Harvard), the last classification being accompanied by the note ``the spectrum resembles class K0 in the region of Hβ'' The classifications agree in attributing the spectrum to a supergiant with a luminosity about 1,500 times that of the sun, while the surface temperature varies irregularly in periods of the order of 200-1,000 days, about an average not far from the solar value of 6,000° K. Title: A Short-lived Solar Phenomenon in High Latitude Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1947Natur.160..439T Altcode: ON the morning of June 19, 1947, at 09h. 46m. U.T., while scanning the solar disk with the spectro-helioscope of the Solar Physics Observatory, Cambridge, in Hα, light, my attention was suddenly attracted by an intensely dark absorption flocculus near the south point of the sun. The region had three nuclei of the order of I of arc in diameter or less, more jet black in appearance than any flocculi I have previously observed. There was only just time to confirm the reality of the phenomenon and obtain a preliminary measure of its position before clouds intervened at 09h. 481m. No sign of the flocculus could be observed at first when the clouds cleared, but at 09h. 57m. one nucleus (A) was picked up at a line-shifter reading corresponding to a velocity of recession of 74 km./sec. Later, the other nuclei, B,B', were picked up at a still higher velocity as a single marking much fainter in contrast. The complete set of readings in the observing book, together with the corresponding velocities, are given below: Title: The general magnetic field of a star Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1947Obs....67..105T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Magnetic Field of a white Dwarf Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1947MNRAS.107..463T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Bright Lines Fe 4063, 4132 in T Tauri Variables and in the Solar Chromosphere Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1946PASP...58..301T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Resignation from the Secretaryship Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1943MNRAS.103....2T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Short-lived H alpha prominences observed on the Sun's disk Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1942Obs....64..204T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Convective equilibrium and solar limb darkening-a correction Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1942MNRAS.102..272T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Colour temperatures of convective stars Authors: Tai, W. S.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1942MNRAS.102..268T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Comparison of hydrogen and helium radiation in solar prominences Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1941Obs....64..169T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Astrophysics 1930-1940 Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1940Obs....63..311T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Convective equilibrium and solar limb darkening Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1940MNRAS.100..614T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Neutral barium in the Sun? Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1940Obs....63..160T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Dispersion in estimates of spectral type Authors: Butler, H. E.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1940MNRAS.100..450B Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Solar physics Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1940RPPh....7..160T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The temperature scale of late-type giants and dwarfs Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1939Obs....62..155T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: On the intensity of Mg 5183 in K-type stars Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1939MNRAS..99..492T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Wave-lengths of blended absorption lines Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1938Obs....61..287T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Two solar eruptions Authors: Dobbie, J. C.; Moss, W.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1938MNRAS..98..606D Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Excitation of Emission Lines in Late-Type Variables Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1937ApJ....86..499T Altcode: Twelve bright lines observed in Me variables are attributed to resonance excitation, chiefly by lines in the ultraviolet. In particular, Mg II 2795 and 2802 will account for Fe 4202, 4308, 3852, and Ti 4372. The appearance of a bright line A 39o7 is attributed to excitation by a bright K line at low levels which is masked by an upper layer of absorption. Five other lines are attributed to intercombination lines of Fe ii. The Mg ii lines can be readily excited by chemiluminescence in the formation of H2, the most abundant molecule Title: Bright lines in a non-pulsating star Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1937Obs....60..327T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: 1936 June 19, Wave-lengths and intensities in the flash spectrum Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1937MNRAS..97..672T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Note on incomplete Multiplets in the Spectra of Long-Period Variables Authors: Merrill, P. W.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1937PASP...49..120M Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Anomalous multiplet intensities in late-type stars Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1937Obs....60...45T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: No. 580. The excitation of emission lines in late-type variables. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1937CMWCI.580....1T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Blending of H and Hɛ in the Spectrum of α Lyrae Authors: Wilson, O. C.; Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1936PASP...48..329W Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Chromospheric Emission within H and K Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1936PASP...48..330T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Excitation of Certain Emission Lines in the Spectra of Long-Period Variable Stars Authors: Thackeray, A. D.; Merrill, P. W. Bibcode: 1936PASP...48..331T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Intensities of Blended Absorption Lines Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1936ApJ....84..433T Altcode: Intensities of nine solar mukiplets, including fourteen lines lying in IIie wings of the H and K lines, have been measured from plates taken with the 75-foot spectrograph of the 150-foot tower telescope. Exposures were taken at the center of the disk, at the limb, and over a sun-spot. The lines, measured relative to the blending wing, show a progressive weakening as the blending increases. The intensities are roughly proportional to the intensity within the neighboring calcium wing. The central intensities of the blended lines remain practically constant irrespective of the blending. Rowland intensities are shown to depend primarily on the intensity of the core of the line. Eddinglon's theory of the formation of absorption lines depending on the two param- eters ~ and ~ is developed for the case of two blended lines. A similar weakening is found which agrees with that observed, especially when a correction is applied to allow for the fact that blended lines are formed in higher layers of the atmosphere where i~ is larger. Severely blended lines, particularly Fe 3969, show an excess weakening which is partially accounted for by introducing the factor e, involving collisions or electron captures. The remainder may be due to interlocking. It is found that the blending of Fe 3969 with the H line has little effect on the number of atoms in the upper state, i.e., on the intensities of other related lines, except in the higher chromospheric layers Title: A Comparison of Sun-Spot, Limb, and Disk Spectra Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1936PASP...48..119T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: No. 555. Intensities of blended absorption lines. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1936CMWCI.555....1T Altcode: 1936QB4.M93n555.... No abstract at ADS Title: The long-period variables Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1935Obs....58..285T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Emission Line λ 4511 IN Late-Type Variables Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1935ApJ....81..467T Altcode: The appearance in emissioii in M and S variables of the line X 4511 (previously identi- fied as the indium resonance line X 4511.31) is suggested as due to the coincidence in wave-length of H~ (X 4101.75) with the other In resonance line (X 4101.72). The behavior of X 4511 relative to Ho during the cycle of variation is not at variance with the hypothesis provided either that ionization at light-maximum is sufficient to remove most of the In atoms out of the neutral state or that atoms in the metastable state 2p3 are more likel Title: Chromospheric Emission in the Wings of H and K Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1935ApJ....81..338T Altcode: Certain lines near the centers of the H and K Fraunhofer lines appearing in emission near the solar limb extend abnormally far into the disk, as noted by Evershed, in some cases reappearing in absorption at the center. The phenomenon is explained as a lack of radiation to be absorbed, the atoms being able to reach the upper state prior to emission by absorption of other wave-lengths outside H and K. Two lines are identified as due to Nd~ and Ce~, indicating that these atoms emit and absorb mainly above the layers in which Ca~ absorption takes place Title: Observed central intensities of the Fraunhofer lines Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1935MNRAS..95..293T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: No. 517. The emission line λ 4511 in late-type variables. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1935CMWCI.517....1T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: No. 516. Chromospheric emission in the wings of H and K. Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1935CMWCI.516....1T Altcode: 1935QB4.M93n516.... No abstract at ADS Title: Sodium and magnesium in stellar spectra Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1934MNRAS..94..538T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Anomalous multiplet intensities in stellar spectra and sunspots Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1933MNRAS..94...99T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The central intensities of the Fraunhofer lines Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1933Obs....56..276T Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The central intensities of the Fraunhofer lines Authors: Thackeray, A. D. Bibcode: 1933Obs....56..228T Altcode: No abstract at ADS