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Hipparcos absolute magnitudes for metal rich K giants and the calibration of DDO photometry

E. Høg, Chris Flynn

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Key words: G and K giants – absolute magnitudes, parallaxes K giants are bright and ubiquitious, occuring in a wide range of Galactic populations, and are convenient tracer objects

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Key words: G and K giants – absolute magnitudes, parallaxes K giants are bright and ubiquitious, occuring in a wide range of Galactic populations, and are convenient tracer objects

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Key words: G and K giants – absolute magnitudes, parallaxes K giants are bright and ubiquitious, occuring in a wide range of Galactic populations, and are convenient tracer objects

Key concepts: Physics, Absolute magnitude, Photometry (optics), Astrophysics, Observatory, Calibration, Astronomy, Magnitude (astronomy)

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