ON THE POSSIBLE BIPOLAR NATURE OF 21 MICRON IRAS SOURCES

被引:41
作者
HRIVNAK, BJ
KWOK, S
机构
[1] UNIV COLORADO, NATL INST STAND & TECHNOL, JOINT INST LAB ASTROPHYS, BOULDER, CO 80309 USA
[2] UNIV CALGARY, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, CALGARY T2N 1N4, ALBERTA, CANADA
关键词
INFRARED; SOURCES; STARS; CIRCUMSTELLAR SHELLS; MASS LOSS;
D O I
10.1086/169720
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We report the discovery of another IRAS source (22574 + 6609) showing the unidentified 21-mu-m emission feature. Its overall energy distribution is similar to the well-known edge-on bipolar nebulae AFGL 2688 and AFGL 618. Ground-based optical and infrared observations of this object and two other 21-mu-m sources show that while all three have very similar infrared properties, they differ greatly in the visual region. We suggest that all three of these 21-mu-m sources are intrinsically similar bipolar nebulae viewed at different orientations.
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