A search for infrared ring nebulae associated with regions of ionized hydrogen has been carried out. The New GPS Very Large Array survey at 20 cm forms the basis of the search, together with observations obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope at 8 and 24um and the Herschel Space Telescope at 70um. Objects having ring-like morphologies at 8um and displaying extended emission at 20cm were selected visually. Emission at 24um having the form of an inner ring or central peak is also observed in the selected objects. A catalog of 99 ring nebulae whose shapes at 8 and 70um are well approximated by ellipses has been compiled. The catalog contains 32 objects whose shapes are close to circular (eccentricities of the fitted ellipses at 8um no greater than 0.6, angular radius exceeding 20"). These objects are promising for comparisons with the results of one-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations of expanding regions of ionized hydrogen.
We present a K-band atlas of 106 reflection nebulae, 41 of which are new discoveries. We observed these nebulae with the University of Hawaii 2.2m telescope in the course of an imaging survey of 197 objects that were selected as nearby young Class I sources. K-band images and flux-calibrated surface brightness contour plots of each nebula are presented.
To search for phase lags in the optical-infrared light curves of asymptotic giant branch stars, we have compared infrared data from the COBE DIRBE satellite with optical light curves from the AAVSO and other sources. We found 17 examples of phase lags between the times of infrared and optical maximum, and 4 stars with no observed lags.
Infrared photometry of all known members in Taurus
Short Name:
J/ApJ/784/126
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We have compiled photometry at 3.4, 4.6, 12, and 22{mu}m from the all-sky survey performed by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) for all known members of the Taurus complex of dark clouds. Using these data and photometry from the Spitzer Space Telescope, we have identified members with infrared excess emission from circumstellar disks and have estimated the evolutionary stages of the detected disks, which include 31 new full disks and 16 new candidate transitional, evolved, evolved transitional, and debris disks. We have also used the WISE All-Sky Source Catalog to search for new disk-bearing members of Taurus based on their red infrared colors. Through optical and near-infrared spectroscopy, we have confirmed 26 new members with spectral types of M1-M7. The census of disk-bearing stars in Taurus should now be largely complete for spectral types earlier than ~M8(M{>~}0.03M_{sun}_).
By using results from the 2MASS observation, the differences between the X-ray selected BL Lac objects (XBLs) and the radio selected ones (RBLs) in the near infrared are discussed in this paper. It is found that, statistically, the RBLs have redder near infrared colors and steeper spectral indices in the near infrared than XBLs, whereas the XBLs have more influences from their host galaxies than the RBLs. It is also seen that the RBLs have much brighter luminosity in the near infrared than the XBLs. In addition, the high polarization characteristics are found in common for RBLs, but not for XBLs.
We present the results of a systematic survey for IRAS associations of barium stars. A total of 155 associations were detected, and IRAS low-resolution spectra exist for 50 barium stars. We use different color-color diagrams from the visual band to 60{mu}m, relations between these colors and the spectral type, the barium intensity, and the IRAS low-resolution spectra to discuss physical properties of barium stars in the infrared. It is confirmed that most barium stars have infrared excesses in the near infrared. However, a new result of this work is that most barium stars have no excesses in the far infrared. This fact may imply that infrared excesses of barium stars are mainly due to the re-emission of energy lost from the Bond-Neff depression. It is also shown that the spectral type and the barium intensity of barium stars are not correlated with infrared colors, but may be correlated with V-K color.
We present radial velocities of the M8V-type, very low-mass star vB 10 obtained at four different epochs between 2001 and 2008. We use high-resolution (R~20000) near-infrared (J-band) spectra taken with the NIRSPEC instrument on the Keck II telescope. Our data suggest that vB 10 shows radial velocity variability with an amplitude of ~1km/s, a result that is consistent with the recent finding of a massive planet companion around the star. More velocity measurements and a better sampling of the orbital phase are required to precisely constrain the orbital parameters and the individual masses of the pair.
Near-infrared JHK' and H_2_ v=1-0 S(1) imaging observations of the star-forming region AFGL 5142 are presented. A cluster of young stars is confirmed to be embedded in the dense molecular cloud core. Many point sources are newly detected. The cluster's K'-magnitude distribution and [H-K'] color peak have brighter and redder magnitudes than those outside the cluster. Many of the cluster sources exhibit infrared excesses typical of T Tauri stars, Herbig Ae/Be stars, and protostars. The observations also reveal new H_2_ line emission around the cluster, exhibiting several jets, filaments, and a faint elliptical structure. The jets are associated with the CO outflows in the region. The powering sources of the jets, the CO outflows, and the small faint elliptical structure are identified and analyzed individually. The strong H_2_ jets and faint diffuse emission further confirm that the cluster is in an early stage of evolution.
A large set of deep, near-IR, objective-prism plates taken along the southern Galactic plane was searched for cool supergiants and carbon stars. Accurate coordinates and charts for 759 carbon stars in two Galactic longitude sectors within 7.5{deg} of the plane, 248{deg}<l<288{deg} and 320{deg}<l<341{deg}, are given, including 289 stars not previously published. Many of the new and known stars are found in the IRAS, DENIS, and 2MASS point-source catalogs. The 2MASS colors and the longitude distribution of cool carbon stars are discussed briefly.
Relative fluxes are presented for 46 spectra (30 stars plus the Sun), ranging in spectral type from A0 to M7. Spectra of seven carbon stars are included. Although some spectra cover the wavenumbers from 2500 to 8200, many spectra do not include wavenumbers less than 4000 and there are many gaps as a result of atmospheric absorption.
