Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Feb 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994a%26a...282..190l&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 282, no. 1, p. 190-196
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars, Infrared Imagery, Interstellar Matter, Planetary Nebulae, Radio Astronomy, Radio Sources (Astronomy), Stellar Envelopes, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Very Large Array (Vla)
Scientific paper
We present 2 and 6 cm Very Large Array (VLA) images of the young planetary nebula IRAS 21282+5050. The nebular dimensions at 2 and 6 cm are about 4 sec x 3 sec, and the total flux density is almost 7 mJy at each wavelength, suggesting a spectral index of approximately 0. The emission is not centrally peaked and appears to arise in a shell or torus. The relatively low flux for the angular size and assumed distance implies an average electron density of 2000-10000/cu cm, low for compact planetary nebulae. An image and a polarization map of IRAS 21282+5050 at 2.2 microns are also presented. At 2.2 microns (K-band), the nebula has a diameter of approximately 6 sec. The image is centrally peaked, in large part because the central star contributes significantly to the K magnitude of 9.46 (104 mJy). The 2.2 micron polarization map does not display a centrosymmetric pattern characteristic of scattering; within a 7 sec aperture, we find an upper limit of 1.1% for the polarization. These results indicate that there is not a large component of scattered light in the near-infrared. IRAS 21282+5050 has significantly more emission at 2 microns than is expected for free-free and free-bound emission, however. We suggest that this emission may arise from transiently heated dust.
Forveille Thierry
Kastner Joel H.
Likkel Lauren
Morris Marita
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