A&A Supplement Ser., Vol. 124, July 1997, 57-60
Received June 11; accepted October 18, 1996
D. Cieslinski - J.E. Steiner - F. Elizalde - M.G. Pereira
Send offprint request: D. Cieslinski, deo@das.inpe.br
Divisão de Astrofísica,
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais,
CP 515, 12201-970
São José dos Campos, Brazil
Instituto Astronômico e Geofísico,
Universidade de São Paulo,
CP 9638, 01065-970
São Paulo, Brazil
Optical and near infrared spectroscopy of the stars DQ Ser and DT Ser are presented. DQ Ser shows a late-type continuum (M3 - M5) with emission lines of Balmer series, HeI, HeII, [OIII], OI and CaII triplet while DT Ser presents a earlier spectral type with emission of Balmer lines, HeI, HeII and [OIII]. DT Ser is a faint V=15.4 star 5 arcsec from a V=12.8 G companion. We suggest it to be a yellow symbiotic star.
keywords: stars: binaries: symbiotic -- stars: emission line -- stars: DQ Ser, DT Ser