Integral‐Field Spectroscopy of the Post–Red Supergiant IRC +10420: Evidence for an Axisymmetric Wind
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Integral-Field Spectroscopy of the Post Red Supergiant IRC +10420: evidence for an axi-symmetric wind
We present NAOMI/OASIS adaptive-optics assisted integral-field spectroscopy of the transitional massive hypergiant IRC +10420, an extreme masslosing star apparently in the process of evolving from a Red Supergiant toward the Wolf-Rayet phase. To investigate the present-day mass-loss geometry of the star, we study the appearance of the line-emission from the inner wind as viewed when reflected o...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Astrophysical Journal
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0004-637X,1538-4357
DOI: 10.1086/523692