A Representative Sample of Be Stars I:
Sample Selection, Spectral Classification,
and Rotational Velocities
I.A. Steele1,
I. Negueruela2,
and
J.S. Clark3
1
Astrophysics Research Institute,
Liverpool John Moores University, L41 1LD, UK
2
SAX SDC,
Italian Space Agency,
c/o Telespazio, via Corcolle 19, I00131, Rome, Italy
3
Astronomy Centre,
CPES, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QH, UK
We present a sample of 58 Be stars containing objects of spectral
types O9 to B8.5 and luminosity classes III to V. We have obtained
3670--5070 Å spectra of the sample which are used to derive spectral
types and rotational velocities. We discuss the distribution of
spectral types and rotational velocities obtained and conclude that
there are no significant selection effects in our sample.
1999, A&AS, 137, 147
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