Mid-infrared visibility measurements of evolved stars

Citation
Jj. Sudol et al., Mid-infrared visibility measurements of evolved stars, ASTRONOM J, 117(3), 1999, pp. 1609-1615
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
00046256 → ACNP
Volume
117
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1609 - 1615
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6256(199903)117:3<1609:MVMOES>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We have used Denver University's Ten-and-Twenty Micron Camera at the Wyomin g Infrared Observatory to image 12 evolved stars at 11.5 mu m. We have obta ined both visibility data and photometric magnitudes from these images. We have partially resolved the circumstellar dust shell for eight of these 12 stars: alpha Ori, VY CMa, IRC +10216, chi Cyg, IK Tau, NML Cyg, mu Cep, and IRC +10420. We compare our data to published data and to visibility curves predicted by radiative transfer models in the literature.