Photometry and low resolution spectroscopy of hot post-AGB candidates

Details Photometry and low resolution spectroscopy of hot post-AGB candidates Photometry and low resolution spectroscopy of hot post-AGB candidates

2003-03-14

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0303320v1

Astron.Astrophys. 404 (2003) 305-316

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

20 pages, 6 figures, h-alpha figure compressed with XV, paper accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20030422

We have obtained Johnson U, B, V and Cousins R, I photometry and low resolution spectra of a small sample of hot post-AGB candidates. Using the present data in combination with JHK data from 2MASS, infrared data from the MSX catalog and the IRAS fluxes, we have studied the spectral energy distribution (SED) of these stars. Using the DUSTY code we have estimated the dust temperatures, the distances to the stars, the mass-loss rates, angular radii of the inner boundary of the dust envelopes and dynamical ages from the tip of the AGB. These candidates have also been imaged through a narrow band H-alpha filter, to search for nebulosity around the central stars. Our H-alpha images revealed the bipolar morphology of the low excitation PN IRAS 17395-0841 with an angular extent of 2.8arcsec. The bipolar lobes of IRAS 17423-1755 in H-alpha were found to have an angular extent of 3.5arcsec (south-east lobe) and 2.2arcsec (north-west lobe). The dust envelope characteristics, low resolution spectrum and IRAS colors suggest that IRAS 18313-1738 is similar to the proto-planetary nebula (PPN) HD 51585. The SED of IRAS 17423-1755, IRAS 18313-1738 and IRAS 19127+1717 show a warm dust component (in addition to the cold dust) which may be due to recent and ongoing mass-loss.

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