Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995aas...18711304s&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 187th AAS Meeting, #113.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 27, p.1446
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
4
Scientific paper
We present Hubble Space Telescope Planetary Camera images and new (13) CO 2-1 OVRO millimeter interferometery of the pre-main sequence star GM Aurigae. The HST images reveal a flattened circumstellar reflection nebula extending symmetrically from the star to radial distances of 3('') (450 AU) along position angle 60(deg) . The nebula is seen in PSF-subtracted images made in three different broadband filters and has an axial ratio ~4:1. The new (13) CO line map further resolves the flattened molecular gas structure first seen by Koerner et al. 1993; the size, aspect ratio, and orientation of this molecular bar are comparable to those of the optical nebula. These results strongly support an interpretation of the reflection nebulosity as an illuminated outer surface of the molecular gas disk surrounding GM Aurigae. Comparison of the observed nebula with single scattering models suggests that the disk is viewed at a latitude ~ 30(deg) above its equator plane.
Burrows Chistopher J.
Koerner David
Krist John
Stapelfeldt Karl
Trauger John T.
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