Ron Lyons' Astronomy Publications
Refereed Publications
Bolton, C.T., Harmanec, P., Lyons, R.W., Odell, A.P., et. al.
HD 37017=V1046 Ori. A double-lined spectroscopic binary with a B2e
He-strong magnetic primary.
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 337, 183-197, 1998.
Hamann, F., Beaver, E.A., Cohen, R.D.,Junkkarinen, V., Lyons, R.W., Burbidge, E.M.
The Nature and Origin of z(a) ~ z(e) Absorption Lines in the Redshift 0.20
Quasar PKS 2135-147
Astrophysical Journal, 488, 155-163, 1997.
Zuo, L., Beaver, E.A.,Burbidge, E., Cohen, R.D., Junkkarinen, V., Lyons, R.W.
The Dust-to-Gas Ratio in the damped Ly alpha Clouds toward the Gravitationally
Lensed QSO 0957+561
Astrophysical Journal, 477, 568-573, 1997.
Burbidge, E.M., Beaver, E.A., Cohen, R.D., Junkkarinen, V.T., Lyons, R.W.
AO 0235+164 and Surrounding Field: Surprising HST Results
Astronomical Journal, 112, 2533-2540, 1996.
Cohen, R.D., Beaver, E.A., Diplas, A., Junkkarinen, V.T., Barlow, T.A., Lyons, R.W.
A 21 cm Absorber Identified with a Spiral Galaxy: Hubble Space Telescope
Faint Object Spectrograph and Wide Field Camera Observations of 3CR 196
Astrophysical Journal, 456, 132-140, 1996.
Lyons, R.W., Cohen, R.D., Junkkarinen, V.T., Burbidge, E.M., Beaver, E.A.
The UV Spectrum of the QSO OQ 172 Observed with the Faint Object Spectrograph
Astronomical Journal, 110, 1544-1550, 1995.
Weiland, J.L., Shore, S.N., Beaver, E.A., Lyons, R.W., Rosenblatt, E.I.
Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph Observations of the Interacting
Binary System W Serpentis
Astrophysical Journal, 447, 401-407, 1995.
Hamann, F., Barlow, T.A., Beaver, E.A., Burbidge, E.M., Cohen, R.D.,
Junkkarinen, V. and Lyons, R.W.
Ne VIII 774 and Time Variable Associated Absorption in the QSO UM 675
Astrophysical Journal, 443, 606-616, 1995.
Evans,N. and Lyons, R.W.
The Binary System Containing the Classical Cepheid T Mon
Astronomical Journal, 107,2164-2171, 1994.
Scarfe, C.D., Barlow, D.J., Fekel, F.C., Rees, R.F., Lyons, R.W., Bolton, C.T.,
McAlister, H.A., Hartkopf, W.I.
The Spectroscopic Triple System HR6469
Astronomical Journal, 107, 1529-1541, 1994.
Cohen, R.D., Barlow, T.A., Beaver, E.A., Junkkarinen, V.T., Lyons, R.W., Smith, H.E.
Conditions in the z=0.692 Absorber Toward 3CR 286
Astrophysical Journal, 421, 453-457, 1994.
Beaver, E.A., Burbidge, E.M., Cohen, R.D., Junkkarinen, V.T., Lyons, R.W.,
Rosenblatt, E.I., Hartig, G.F., Margon, B. and Davidsen, A.F.
Far-Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of the Quasar UM 675 with the Faint Object
Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope
Astrophysical Journal Letters, 377, L1-L4, 1991.
Koubsky, P., Gulliver, A.F., Harmanec, P., Ballereau, D., Chauville, J.,
Graf, T., Horn, J., Iliev, L.H., Lyons, R.W.
Radial Velocity Variations of the Shell Star V923 Aql (HD183656) in the Past Sixty Years
Bulletin Astronomical Institute of Czechoslovakia, 40, 31-41, 1989.
Welch, D.L., Evans, N.R., Lyons, R.W., Harris, H.C., Barnes, T.G.,
Slovak, M.H. and Moffett, T.J.
The Orbit of the Classical Cepheid U Aquilae
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 99, 610-616, 1987.
Little-Marenin, I.R., Simon, T., Ayres, T.R., Cohen, N.L., Feldman, P.A.,
Linsky, J.L., Little, S.J., Lyons, R.
Ultraviolet, Optical, Infrared, and Microwave Observation of HR5110
Astrophysical Journal, 303, 780-790, 1986.
Mochnacki, S.W., Fernie, J.D., Lyons, R., Schmidt, F.H. and Gray, R.O.
FO Virginis: A Pre-Contact Binary
Astronomical Journal, 91, 1221-1228, 1986.
Katz, B. Driscoll, D., Millyard, K., Waters, B., Zalcik, M., Adair, J.,
Gada, A., Hayes, W., Kelsch, R., McWatters, R., Rokosz, R., Zehethofer, J.,
Fullerton, A., Lyons, R., M$^c$Call, M.
Optical Flashes in Perseus
Astrophysical Journal, 307, L33-L37, 1986.
Evans, N.R. and Lyons, R.
Radial Velocity Curves for the Classical Cepheids T Vul, TT Aql and Y Oph
Astronomical Journal, 92, 436-440, 1986.
Turner, D.G., Lyons, R.W. and Bolton, C.T.
A Spectroscopic Orbit for the Unresolved Subsystem of the Hyades Binary HD30869
The Observatory, 106, 13-16, 1986.
Doazan, V., Grady, C.A., Snow, T.P., Peters, G.J., Marlborough, J.M.,
Barker, P.K., Bolton, C.T., Bourdonneau, B., Kuhi, L.V., Lyons, R.W.,
Polidan, P.S., Stalio, R. and Thomas, R.N.
Development of the new Be phase of 59 Cyg in the visual and the far UV in 1978-1983
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 152, 182-198, 1985.
Kamper, K.W., Evans, N.R. and Lyons, R.W.
Confirmation of the Decreased Pulsational Amplitude of Polaris
Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 78, 173-177, 1984.
Turner, D.G. and Lyons, R.W.
On the Need for a New Spectroscopic Standard for MK Spectral Type B0III
Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 77, 87-91, 1983.
Bolton, C.T., Aslan, Z., Kamper, K.W. and Lyons, R.W.
HD86590: A Short-Period RS Canum Venaticorum Binary System
Astronomical Journal, 86, 1267-1276, 1981.
Kamper, K.W. and Lyons, R.W.
The Spectroscopic Orbit of HD131511
Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 75, 56-58, 1981.
Turner, D.G. and Lyons, R.W.
Recent Observations of HD127617 - Bidelman's High-Latitude Be Star
Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 74, 12-16, 1980.
Turner, D.G., Lyons, R.W. and Bolton, C.T.
HD118246 - A New Be Star at High Galactic Latitude
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 90, 285-287, 1978.
Non-Refereed Publications.
Junkkarinen, V.; Beaver, E.A.; Burbidge, E.M.; Cohen, R.D.; and others.
On the phosphorus overabundance in the BAL QSO PG 0946+301. (Mass Ejection
from AGN, Pasadena, CA, USA, 19-21 Feb. 1997).
Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, 128, 220-5, 1997.
Lyons, R.W., Beaver, E.A., Cohen, R.D., Junkkarinen, V.T.,
Position Repeatability of Spectra Obtained with the FOS
HST Calibration Workshop, Baltimore, MD., Nov 1993.
Lyons, R.W., Baity, W.A., Cohen, R.D., Junkkarinen, V.T.,
UV Emission Lines in FOS Sky Spectra
HST Calibration Workshop, Baltimore, MD., Nov 1993.
Baity, W.A, Beaver, E.A., Cohen, R.D., Junkkarinen, V.T, Lyons, R.W.,
Fitch, J.E., Hartig, G.F., and Lindler, D.J.
Performance of the FOS detectors in a variable external magnetic field
Proceedings of SPIE -
Lyons, R.W., Baity, W.A, Beaver, E.A., Cohen, R.D., Junkkarinen, V.T, and
Bohlin, R.C.
On-orbit sky background measurements with the FOS
Proceedings of SPIE, 1945, 232-243, 1993.
Bartko, F., Harms, R.J., Burks, G., Kriss, G., Davidsen, A.,
Cohen, R.D., Junkkarrinen, V.T,, Lyons, R.W.
Scattered-light characteristics of the Hubble Space Telescope faint
object spectrograph
Proceedings of SPIE -
Beaver, E.A., Baity, W.A., Brandt, J.C., Ebbets D.C., Garner, H.
Heap, S.R., Lindler, D.J., Linsky, J.B., Lyons, R.W. and Rosenblatt, E.I.
Orbital Performance of the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph Digicon
Detectors on the Hubble Space Telescope,
Institute of Physics Conference Series No. 121,
Photoelectronic Image Devices 1991, Morgan (ed.), 065-74, 1992.
Scarfe, C.D., Barlow, D.J., M$^c$Alister, H.A., Hartkopf, W.I., Fekel, F.C.,
Rees, R.F., Lyons, R.W., and Bolton, C.T.
The Spectroscopic-Speckle Triple System,
I.A.U. Colloquium 135, April 1992, Atlanta, Georgia (submitted).
Beaver, E., Burbidge, M., Cohen, R.D., Junkkarinen, V., Lyons, R. and Rosenblatt, E.
Spectroscopy of QSOs with the Faint Object Spectrograph
``Science with the Hubble Space Telescope'' Conference, Sardinia, Italy, 1992.
Rosenblatt, E.I., Beaver, E.A., Cohen, R.D., Linsky, J.B., and Lyons, R.W.,
Cerenkov Background Radiation in Imaging Detectors,
Proceedings of SPIE - Electron Image Tubes and Image Intensifiers II,
Csorba, I.P. (ed.), (Bellingham, WA) 1449, 72, 1991.
Cohen, R.D., Beaver, E.A., Burbidge, E.M., Junkkarinen, V.T., Lyons, R.W., and
Rosenblatt, E.I.
Faint Object Spectrograph Observations of CSO 251,
The First Year of HST Observations, Kinney and Blades (ed.), 204-207, 1991.
Rosenblatt, E.I., Beaver, E.A., Linsky, J.B., Lyons, R.W.
Background Noise Rejection in the Faint Object Spectrograph,
The First Year of HST Observations, Kinney and Blades (ed.), 234-237, 1991.
Koubsky, P., Ballereau, D., Chauville, J., Graf, T., Gulliver, A.F.,
Harmanec, P., Horn, J., Iliev, L.H., Lyons, R.W.
Radial Velocity Variations of the Be-Shell Star V923 Aql (HD183656),
Proceedings of the Second Hvar Astrophysical Colloquium, Ruzdjak, V., Pavlovski, K. (ed.)
Hvar Observatory Bulletin}, 11, 63-77, 1987.
Fernie, D., Lyons, R., Beattie, B. and Garrison, R.F.
Photometry and Spectroscopy of CH Cyg in 1985,
Information Bulletin on Variable Star}, 2935, 1986.
Fernie, J.D. and Lyons, R.W.
Recent Data on 22 Vulpeculae,
Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 2658, 1985.
Lyons, R.W. and Bolton, C.T. Nova Vulpeculae 1984 No. 2,
IAU Circular, 4028, 1985.
Koubsky, P., Horn, J., Harmanec, P., Bolton, C.T., Lyons, R.W., Iliev, L.H.,
Kovacev, B.Z., Bozic, H. and Pavlovski, K.
96 Herculis: A Remarkable Early-Type Multiple System,
Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 2778, 1985.
Bolton, C.T. and Lyons, R.W.
HD91948 is Not a Be Star,
Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 2580, 1984.
Turner, D.G., Forbes, D.W., Lyons, R.W. and Havlen, R.J.
Kinematic Evidence for Fundamental Mode Pulsation in the Short-Period Classical
Cepheid SU Cassiopeiae,
IAU Colloquium No. 82, Cepheids: Theory and Observations, B. Madore (ed.), 95-97, 1984.
Papers Presented at Meetings and Symposia only.
Cohen, R.D., Burbidge, E.M., Junkkarinen, V.T., Lyons, R.W.
Direct Detection of Dust and Diffuse Interstellar Bands in a QSO Absorption-Line System
to be presented AAS meeting summer 1999
Cohen, R.D., Beaver, E.A., Junkkarinen, V.T., Lyons, R.W., Smith, H.E.
High Resolution Spectra of Low Redshift Damped Ly alpha Absorption Systems
BAAS, 30, 889, 1998 (abstract).
Cohen, R.D., Beaver, E.A., Hamann, F., Junkkarinen, V.T. Lyons, R.W.
Search for He I Absorption in Ly alpha Forest Clouds
BAAS, 27, 1412, 1995 (abstract).
Hamann, F., Burbidge, E.M., Cohen, R.D.,Junkkarinen, V.T., Lyons, R.W., Barlow, T.A.
Metal Abundances and Ionization in QSO Intrinsic Absorbers
BAAS, 27, 1412, 1995 (abstract).
Burbidge, E.M., Beaver, E.A., Cohen, R.D.,Hamann, F., Junkkarinen, V.T.,
Lyons, R.W., Zuo, L.
Hubble Space Telescope Images and Spectra of Objects Around an Optically Violoent
Variable QSO
BAAS, 27, 1414, 1995 (abstract).
Lyons, R.W., Cohen, R.D., Hamann, F., Junkkarinen, V.T., Beaver, E.A., Burbidge, E.M.
UV Spectrum of the High Redshift QSO UM 670
BAAS, 26, 1337, 1994 (abstract).
Beaver, E.A., Burbidge, E.M., Cohen, R.D., Diplas, A.,Junkkarinen, V.T.,
Lyons, R.W., Loveland, M.
Looking for Sources of Damped Ly alpha Lines in QSO Spectra
BAAS, 26, 1331, 1994 (abstract).
Cohen, R.D., Beaver, E.A., Diplas, A., Junkkarinen, V.T., Lyons, R.W.
Observations of the 21 cm Absorber PKS1229-021
BAAS, 26, 1330, 1994 (abstract).
Petro, L., Bely, P., Burrows, C., Elkin, D., MacKenty, J.,Paresce, F., Storrs, A.,
Ratnatunga, K., Lyons, R.
Improved Dark-Sky Restrictions for HST Observations
BAAS, 26, 1314, 1994 (abstract).
Diplas, A., Cohen, R.D., Barlow, T.A., Beaver, E.A., Junkkarinen, V.T., Lyons, R.W.
HST / FOS UV and WFPC II Observations of 3CR 196
BAAS, 26, 959, 1994 (abstract).
Hamann, F., Barlow, T.A., Beaver, E.A., Burbidge, E.M., Cohen, R.D., Junkkarinen, V.T.,
Lyons, R.W.
Time Variable Associated Absorption in the QSO UM 675
BAAS, 26, 875, 1994 (abstract).
Diplas, A., Cohen, R.D., Beaver, E.A., Burbidge, E.M., Junkkarinen, V.T., Lyons, R.W.
HST / FOS Ultravioloet Absorption Spectrum of the QSO PG 1522+101
BAAS, 25, 1307, 1993 (abstract).
Zuo, L., Junkkarinen, V.T., Beaver, E.A., Burbidge, E.M., Cohen, R.D., Lyons, R.W.
Lyman Limit Systems in the HST / FOS Spectrum of BALQSO 1246-057
BAAS, 25, 1446, 1993 (abstract).
Diplas, A., Beaver, E.A., Cohen, R.D., Junkkarinen, V.T., Lyons, R.W.,
HST/FOS UV and Optical Observations of the QSO OX 169
BAAS, 25, 1993 (abstract).
Lyons, R.W., Baity, W.A., Beaver, E.A., Cohen, R.D., Junkkarinen, V.T., Bohlin, R.C.
Sky Background for the HST's Faint Object Spectrograph
BAAS, 26, 1993 (abstract).
Rosenblatt, E.I., Beaver, E.A., Burbidge, E.M., Cohen, R.D., Junkkarinen,V.T.,
Lyons, R.W., Kriss, G.A., Davidsen, A.F., Lee, G.,
Emission Line Fluxes and Profiles of the QSO PG1211+143 Observed with the
HST Faint Object Spectrograph,
BAAS, 24, 729, 1992 (abstract).
Burbidge, E.M., Beaver, E.A., Cohen, R.D., Junkkarinen, V.T., Lyons, R.W.
HST/FOS UV and Optical Spectroscopy of the QSO UM 675
BAAS, 24, 1135, 1992 (abstract).
Cohen, R.D., Barlow, T.A., Beaver, E.A., Burbidge, E.M.,
Junkkarinen, V.T., Lyons, R.W.
HST/FOS Observations of the QSO PG 1522+101
BAAS, 24, 1136, 1992 (abstract).
Junkkarinen, V.T., Barlow, T.A., Beaver, E.A., Burbidge, E.M.,
Cohen, R.D., Lyons, R.W., Korista, K.T.
HST/FOS Observations of the Bright BALQSO PG 0946+301
BAAS, 24, 1135, 1992 (abstract).
Lyons, R.W. Beaver, E.A., Burbidge, E.M., Cohen, R.D., Junkkarinen, V.T.
FOS Observations of the QSO 1442+101 (OQ 172)
BAAS, 24, 1136, 1992 (abstract).
Burks, G.S, Bartko, F., Kriss, G., Davidsen, A., Cohen, R.,
Junkkarrinen, V., Lyons, R.
Scattered Light Characteristics of the Hubble Space Telescope Faint
Object Spectrograph (SV 1319)
BAAS, 24, 1231, 1992 (abstract).
Lyons, R.W., Beaver, E.A., Rosenblatt, E.I., Weiland, J.L., Shore, S.
GHRS Observations of the Si IV 1393,1402 Lines of W Serpentis,
BAAS, 23, 1415. , 1991 (abstract).
Burbidge, E.M., Beaver, E.A., Cohen, R.D., Junkkarinen, V.T., Lyons,
R.W., Rosenblatt, E.I.
Spectrographic Observations of 3C 273 with the Faint Object Spectrograph,
BAAS, 23, 923, 1991 (abstract).
Rosenblatt, E.I., Beaver, E.A., Burbidge, E.M., Cohen, R.D.,
Junkkarinen, V.T., Lyons, R.W.
Observations with the Faint Object Spectrograph of the Low Redshift QSO CSO 251,
BAAS, 23, 920, 1991 (abstract).
Cohen, R.D., Bartko, F., Beaver, E.A., Burbidge, E.M., Junkkarinen, V.T.,
Lyons, R.W., Rosenblatt, E.I., Burks, G.S., Harms, R.J., and Henriksen, M.
FOS Observations of Ultraviolet Lines in the z=0.4745, 0.4833 Absorption,
System in PKS 0454-220,
BAAS, 23, 1426, 1991 (abstract).
Rosenblatt, E.I., Beaver, E.A., Burbidge, E.M., Cohen, R.D.,
Junkkarinen, V.T., and Lyons, R.W.
Spectroscopic Observations of PG1211+143 with the HST Faint Object Spectrograph,
BAAS, 23, 1426, 1991 (abstract).
Junkkarinen, V.T., Bartko, F., Beaver, E.A., Burbidge, E.M., Cohen, R.D.,
Lyons, R.W., Rosenblatt, E.I., Burks, G.S., Harms, R. J., Henriksen, M.
The Lyman alpha Forest at Low Redshift: FOS Observations of the QSO PG 1211+143,
BAAS, 23, 1425, 1991 (abstract).
Junkkarinen, V.T., Beaver, E.A., Cohen, R.D., Hier, R., Lyons, R., Rosenblatt, E.
Geomagnetic Image Deflection Problem in the Faint Object Spectrograph,
BAAS, 22, 1282 , 1990 (abstract).
Rosenblatt, E.I., Beaver, E.A., Baity, W., Burbidge, M., Cohen, R.D.,
Junkkarinen, V.T., Linsky, J.B., Lyons, R. and Randall, L.
An Analysis of Background Dark Data for the Faint Object Spectrograph,
BAAS, 22, 1283, 1990 (abstract).