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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2018
The object S Carinae is a bright, relatively hot, short (149d) period mira. As expected, the Mg II h and k lines dominate the ultraviolet line spectra during a large fraction of the pulsation cycle. There are also numerous emission lines of Fe I and Fe II produced by either fluorescense or possibly collisional excitation. The unifying “theme” for all the ultraviolet line emission is variability - during a pulsation cycle one observes changes in the intensity, the central wavelength and (for the stronger lines) the line profile.