THE ILLUMINATION OF THE GGD-30 NEBULOSITY

Authors
FOLEY NB GLEDHILL TM SCARROTT SM WOLSTENCROFT RD
Citation
Nb. Foley et al., THE ILLUMINATION OF THE GGD-30 NEBULOSITY, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 262(1), 1993, pp. 175-178
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00358711
Volume
262
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
175 - 178
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8711(1993)262:1<175:TIOTGN>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
An optical polarization map of the GGD 30 nebulosity shows that, altho ugh it shares many of the morphological characteristics of classical c ometary nebulae such as NGC 2261/R.Mon, it differs in that the star-li ke knot at its head is not the illuminating and exciting source as pre viously assumed. The knot is reflection nebulosity and the true source , completely hidden from direct view at optical wave-lengths, is locat ed some 6 arcsec east of the knot.