and Strömgren photometry of stars in the Renson-catalogue of Ap and Am stars^*

Institut für Astronomie der Universität Wien, Türkenschanzstr. 17, A-1180 Wien, Austria e-mail: surname@astro.ast.univie.ac.at

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Received: 17 July 1997
Accepted: 3 September 1997

Abstract

We have observed 131 stars of of Renson's (1991) catalogue of Ap and Am stars both in the Strömgren & Maitzen's (1976) system as a contribution to the photometric studies of the broad band flux depression feature in chemically peculiar stars. With few exceptions the probability grouping of Renson for membership in the CP2 group of peculiar stars is nicely reflected by peculiar values of . Comparison with already available values yields slightly larger values due to a minor shift in the filter g₁ sampling the depression. As found by Maitzen & Vogt (1983) the Geneva system peculiarity parameters correlate well with . This study demonstrates the advantageous performance of a photoelectric photometer with a rapidly rotating filter wheel moving in a stop and go mode.