SWIRE Stars

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We propose IRS lo-res spectroscopy of 21 carefully selected stars from the SWIRE survey which show excess emission above the expected photospheric levels at 24um. This program differs from many extensive Spitzer stellar surveys, such as the FEPS legacy program and the MIPS GTO VLS survey in that the targets are not preselected. We hope through this approach to start to: 1) characterize the galactic population of stars with excesses at 24um; 2) to discover and identify rare transitional objects, such as protoplanetary nebulae; and 3) to test the inferences drawn from the targeted surveys. We will augment the Spitzer spectroscopy with 6.5 hrs. of visible spectroscopy from NOAO designed to permit classification of the stars. The type of program we undertake here exploits the unique discovery potential of the Spitzer mission.

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