A high-speed bi-polar outflow from the archetypical pulsating star Mira A

Details A high-speed bi-polar outflow from the archetypical pulsating star Mira A A high-speed bi-polar outflow from the archetypical pulsating star Mira A

2009-03-11

arxiv.org/abs/0903.1966v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

8 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for pubication by A&A

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Optical images and high-dispersion spectra have been obtained of the ejected material surrounding the pulsating AGB star Mira A. The two streams of knots on either side of the star, found in far ultra-viollet (FUV) GALEX images, have now been imaged clearly in the light of Halpha. Spatially resolved profiles of the same line reveal that the bulk of these knots form a bi-polar outflow with radial velocity extremes of +- 150 km/s with respect to the central star. The South stream is approaching and the North stream receding from the observer. A displacement away from Mira A between the position of one of the South stream knots in the new Halpha image and its position in the previous Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS I) red plate has been noted. If interpreted as a consequence of expansion proper motions the bipolar outflow is tilted at 69deg +- 2deg to the plane of the sky, has an outflow velocity of 160 +- 10 km/s and is ~1000 y old.

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