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		| Paper: | 
		Predicting Stellar Angular Sizes | 
	 
	
		| Volume: | 
		194, Working on the Fringe: Optical and IR Interferometry from Ground and Space | 
	 
	
		| Page: | 
		64 | 
	 
	
		| Authors: | 
		van Belle, G. T. | 
	 
	
	
		| Abstract: | 
		Reliable prediction of stellar diameters, particularly angular diameters, is a useful and necessary tool for the increasing number of milliarcsecond resolution studies being carried out in the astronomical community. A new and accurate technique of predicting V = 0 and B = 0 apparent angular sizes is presented for both giant and supergiant stars, and for more evolved sources. This technique uses observed K and either V or B magnitudes to predict angular sizes for giant and supergiant stars to 10%; the same technique can be also applied to evolved sources such as Mira variables and carbon stars with results at the 20% level. | 
	 
	
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