THE EXTENDED DUST EMISSION AROUND THE NOVA GK PERSEI

Authors
DOUGHERTY SM WATERS LBFM BODE MF KESTER DJM BONTEKOE TJR
Citation
Sm. Dougherty et al., THE EXTENDED DUST EMISSION AROUND THE NOVA GK PERSEI, Astrophysics and space science, 224(1-2), 1995, pp. 451-452
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astrophysics and space science → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004640X
Volume
224
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
451 - 452
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(1995)224:1-2<451:TEDEAT>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We have applied maximum entropy reconstruction methods to the IRAS obs ervations of the nova GK Persei to examine the spatial distribution of the far-IR emission. We have discovered discrete regions of emission in a co-linear structure extending to 17 arcmin on either side of the binary system, supporting a stellar origin for the structure. We postu late that the evolved secondary is the progenitor of the circumbinary envelope.