Astron. Astrophys. 346, 819–830 (1999) ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS Understanding A-type supergiants II. Atmospheric parameters and rotational velocities of Galactic A-type supergiants? E. Verdugo1, A. Talavera2, and A.I. Gomez´ de Castro3 1 ISO Data Centre, P.O. Box 50727, E-28080 Madrid, Spain (
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[email protected]) 3 Instituto de Astronom´ıa y Geodesia (CSIC-UCM), Fac. cc. Matematicas,´ Universidad Complutense, Av. Complutense s/n, E-28040 Madrid, Spain (
[email protected]) Received 14 October 1997 / Accepted 12 April 1999 Abstract. We present the second paper of a series whose aim is and can be observed individually in nearby galaxies from large to perform a global study of Galactic A-supergiants. Very little ground based telescopes (Humphreys 1979, 1980; Humphreys work has been carried out to determine the stellar parameters & Sandage 1980; Humphreys et al. 1990; Humphreys et al. of these stars. This is illustrated with a brief review of some 1991; Herrero et al. 1994; McCarthy et al. 1995, 1997). This previous works. In this paper we analyze the determination of opens up great possibilities for extragalactic studies if we are absolute magnitudes, spectral types and atmospheric parameters able to understand them. Such studies have to begin with galactic using the most recent Kurucz LTEblanketed model atmospheres stars, as these are bright enough to be studied in detail. Moreover and we discuss the applicability of the calibrations, such as the they are the evolutionary link between the blue and red super- Schmidt-Kaler’s (1982) calibration.