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Observations of Mass Loss and Circumstellar Matter around Cool Carbon Stars
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2016
Abstract
Spectroscopy and infrared photometry of carbon stars show three distinct forms of circumstellar matter. IRAS 12311-3509 probably has an edge-on disk and the spectrum is dominated by resonance emission from atoms and molecules in the vicinity. The long-period variables V Hya and R Lep are undergoing deep fadings, apparently caused by dust formation around the star, while variable emission from circumstellar gas is seen. The semiregular variable T Mus showed absorption bands from very cool material during an unusual episode in 1994.
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- Session VIII — Circumstellar Shells
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 177: The Carbon Star Phenomenon , 2000 , pp. 367 - 375
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- Copyright © Kluwer 2000
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