The Circumstellar Disk of the Butterfly Star in Taurus

Details The Circumstellar Disk of the Butterfly Star in Taurus The Circumstellar Disk of the Butterfly Star in Taurus

2003-01-16

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0301335v1

Astrophys.J.588:373-386,2003

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

32 pages, 9 figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/374041

We present a model of the circumstellar environment of the so-called ``Butterfly Star'' in Taurus (IRAS 04302+2247). The appearance of this young stellar object is dominated by a large circumstellar disk seen edge-on and the light scattering lobes above the disk. The model is based on multi-wavelength continuum observations: Millimeter maps and high-resolution near-infrared images obtained with HST/NICMOS. It was found that the disk and envelope parameters are comparable with those of the circumstellar environment of other young stellar objects. A main result is that the dust properties must be different in the circumstellar disk and in the envelope: While a grain size distribution with grain radii up to 100 micron is required to reproduce the millimeter observations of the disk, the envelope is dominated by smaller grains similar to those of the interstellar medium. Preprint with high figure quality available at: http://spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/swolf/homepage/public/preprints/i04302.ps

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