Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977apj...217..729e&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 217, Nov. 1, 1977, p. 729-740.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
82
Astronomical Photometry, Hydroxyl Emission, Infrared Astronomy, Interstellar Masers, Variable Stars, Carbon Monoxide, Infrared Spectra, Interstellar Extinction, M Stars, Nebulae, Radio Astronomy, Spectral Energy Distribution, Stellar Envelopes, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Temperature, Supergiant Stars, Tables (Data)
Scientific paper
Results of a search for IR radiation at 10 microns from a sample of OH maser sources are reported. An IR source is discovered near each of six OH masers which emit mainly at 1612 MHz in two distinct velocity ranges. It is shown that all the sources have varied with time, that two sources have exhibited significant variations in color temperature, and that the energy distributions of the six objects over the spectral range from 2 to 20 microns fall into two categories. Absorption in the 2.3-micron band of CO is detected in two sources, and four are found to display substantial silicate absorption features. The energy distributions of the sources indicate that pumping by 35-micron photons is feasible, but 2.8-micron pumping is very unlikely; the distributions are best explained as emission from very thick dust shells at temperatures of about 500 K. The data are taken as supporting the hypothesis that every double-peaked OH maser emitting principally at 1612 MHz is associated with an IR object. The nature of the objects inside the dust shells and their evolutionary state are briefly discussed.
Beckwith Steve
Evans Neal J. II
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