Structure of the shell of the carbon star T CANCRI from lunar occultation observations

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Brightness Distribution, Carbon Stars, Lunar Occultation, Stellar Envelopes, Stellar Models, Stellar Structure

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Results of the processing of near-IR lunar-occultation observations of the carbon star T Cnc, performed by Richichi et al. (1991) with the 1.5-m TIRGO telescope, are presented. Consideration is given to two models of the brightness distribution across the stellar disk: a model with linear limb-darkening for a plane-parallel atmosphere and a model with a monotonic darkening for a spherically symmetric extended atmosphere. It is shown that neither model is consistent with the observed occultation curve. The strip brightness distribution, which is retrieved by a model-independent regularization method, confirms the presence of a compact, optically thin circumstellar envelope. The results are compared with calculations of models of dust envelopes of carbon stars.

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