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IUE detector saturation and the new 2800 Å absorption featre ‘discovered’ by Karim, Hoyle, and Wickramasinghe

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The broad λ2800 Å absorption feature ‘discovered’ by Karim, Hoyle, and Wickramasingle is instrumental in origin. The feature is produced by IUE detector saturation effects in overexposed spectra.

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  1. Washburn Observatory, University of Wisconsin, Madison

    Blair D. Savage

  2. Department of Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA

    Michael L. Sitko

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Savage, B.D., Sitko, M.L. IUE detector saturation and the new 2800 Å absorption featre ‘discovered’ by Karim, Hoyle, and Wickramasinghe. Astrophys Space Sci 100, 427–429 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00651620

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