Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993aas...18111912b&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 181st AAS Meeting, #119.12; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 25, p.743
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
Circumstellar dust envelopes around some optically visible late-type stars are so extensive that they are detectable as extended at an arc-minute scale by the IRAS survey observations (Stencel, Pesce and Bauer 1988, Astron. J 95, 141; Hawkins 1990, Astron. Ap. 229, L8). The width of the IRAS scan profiles at 10% of peak intensity is an indicator of source extension. Wyatt and Cahn (1983, Ap. J. 275, 225) presented a sample of 124 Mira variables in the solar neighborhood. Of this sample, 11 Miras which show silicate emission are bright enough at 60 microns for a significant determination of the width of a scan at 10% of peak flux. Individual scans and maps were examined in order to determine whether any observed extension was associated with the central star. Five stars showed significant extension apparently due to mass loss from the central star: R Leo, o Cet, U Ori, R Cas and R Hor. IRAS LRS spectra, point source fluxes and observed extensions of these sources are compared to the predictions of model dust shells which assume steady mass loss. This work was supported in part by NASA grant NAG 5-1213 to Wellesley College.
Hagen Bauer Wendy
Stencel Robert E.
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