THE INFERRED COLOR INDEX OF THE SUN

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, , Citation David F. Gray 1992 PASP 104 1035 DOI 10.1086/133086

1538-3873/104/681/1035

ABSTRACT

The high temperature sensitivity of the line-depth ratio V I lambda-6251.83 to Fe I lambda-6252.57, measured in the daytime sky, is used to infer the color indices of the sun: B-V = 0.656 ± 0.005, b-y = 0.414 ± 0.003, and B2-V1 = 0.393 ± 0.004.

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10.1086/133086