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Absolute magnitudes of galactic R Coronae Borealis Stars

Milone, L. A.; Merlo, D. C.

For a long time it was generally accepted that galactic R Coronae Borealis (RCrB) stars are rather bright objects: absolute visual magnitudes ranging from -4 up to -5. On the contrary, an analysis of a sample of 15 stars of this type belonging to the Large Magellanic Cloud recently showed, that some of them are considerably fainter: absolute magni…