The detached dust and gas shells around the carbon star U Antliae

Author: Maercker M.   Olofsson H.   Eriksson K.   Gustafsson B.   Schöier F. L.  

Publisher: Edp Sciences

E-ISSN: 1432-0746|511|issue|A37-A37

ISSN: 0004-6361

Source: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol.511, Iss.issue, 2010-03, pp. : A37-A37

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Abstract

Context. Geometrically thin, detached shells of gas have been found around a handful of carbon stars. The current knowledge on these shells is mostly based on CO radio line data. However, imaging in scattered stellar light adds important new information as well as allows studies of the dust shells.