Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Mar 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007iaus..242..251h&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Masers and their Environments, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 242, p.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Supergiants, Stars: Winds, Outflows, Stars: Activity
Scientific paper
The cool hypergiants are the most luminous known stars in the upper HR Diagram in the apparent temperature range represented by spectral types A to M. Most of the stars in this regime are unstable as evidenced by their high mass loss rates, variability, and in some cases large IR excesses and circumstellar ejecta. We have obtained high resolution multi-wavelength images with HST/WFPC2 of several of the most known evolved cool stars including several well known stellar masers. VX Sgr and S Per were marginally resolved, while NML Cyg has a peculiar asymmetric envelope that has been shaped by its environment. The powerful maser sources IRC+10420 and VY CMa have extensive and complex circumstellar ejecta due to high mass loss episodes apparently driven by large-scale convective activity.
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