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Speckle-interferometric observations of FU Ori are performed with the 6-m telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory with 600/40 nm and 800/100 nm (central bandwidth/halfwidth) filters. The companion star FU Ori S that was recently discovered at λ >-1.25µm was recorded in observations with the λ/Δλ==800/100 nm filter. The positional parameters and magnitude difference of the companion in the filter considered are found to be θ = (163.9 ± 1.0)°, ρ = (0.493 ± 0.007)″, Δm = 3.96 ± 0.28. An analysis of the spectral energy distribution of the companion implies that for the extinction A V toward FU Ori to be greater than about 1.6m, i.e., the minimum value required by the available models of the fuor, the spectral type of the companion star must be no later than K3. The reliability of this conclusion and the possible ways for obtaining more accurate estimates of A V are discussed.
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Original Russian Text © A.S. Kravtsova, E.V. Malogolovets, S.A. Lamzin, 2008, published in Astrofizicheskij Byulleten, 2008, Vol. 63, No. 4, pp. 380–383.
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Kravtsova, A.S., Malogolovets, E.V. & Lamzin, S.A. Independent estimate of the interstellar extinction toward FU Ori. Astrophys. Bull. 63, 357–360 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1990341308040032
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