Imaging the Haro 6-10 Infrared Companion

Details Imaging the Haro 6-10 Infrared Companion Imaging the Haro 6-10 Infrared Companion

1999-09-04

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9909086v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, including 2 figures, LaTeX2e, aastex macros

Scientific paper

10.1086/312333

We present an infrared imaging study of the low-mass pre-main sequence binary system Haro 6-10. This system is one of a handful in which the optically-visible primary has the characteristics of a normal T Tauri star, while the secondary is a so-called "infrared companion" (IRC), a strongly extincted object which emits most of its luminosity in the infrared. A speckle holographic technique was used to produce nearly diffraction-limited images on three nights over a one-year period starting in late 1997. The images show that the IRC is obscured and surrounded by a compact, irregular, and variable nebula. This structure is in striking contrast to the well-ordered edge-on disk associated with HK Tauri B, the extincted companion to another T Tauri star of similar age. A new, resolved intensity peak was found 0".4 southwest of the IRC. We suggest that it may represent light scattered by a clump of dusty material illuminated by starlight escaping along an outflow-carved cavity in the IRC envelope. The primary star became fainter and the companion became more extended during the observing period.

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