10- m imaging of the bipolar protoplanetary nebula Mz-3

Quinn, DE, Moore, TJT, Smith, RG, Smith, CH and Fujiyoshi, T (1996) 10- m imaging of the bipolar protoplanetary nebula Mz-3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 283 (4). pp. 1379-1382. ISSN 0035-8711

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Abstract

A 10-µm image is presented of the bipolar protoplanetary nebula Mz-3 made at the 3.9-m Anglo-Australian Telescope using the NIMPOL mid-infrared imaging polarimeter. The image shows extended emission from warm (110–130 K) dust both to the north and to the south of the central star, which correlates well with the visible bipolar lobes. The observed surface brightness of this emission is consistent with radiative heating of the dust by both direct stellar illumination and trapped Lyman α photons. Emission in excess of the point-source profile indicates that there is also an extended shell of dust surrounding the central star.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©: 1996 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions:	Astrophysics Research Institute
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date of acceptance:	12 August 1996
Date of first compliant Open Access:	6 March 2018
Date Deposited:	06 Mar 2018 12:26
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2021 02:58
DOI or ID number:	10.1093/mnras/283.4.1379
URI:	https://ljmu-9.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/8197

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