Molecules in celestial objects. II. IUE observations of CO towards psi Per (B5 Ve).

Tarafdar, S. P.; Swamy, K. S. K.

India

Abstract

Absorption features corresponding to 1-0, 2-0, 3-0 and 4-0 bands of the A-X transition of CO have been identified in the spectra of a hot shell star, Psi Per (B5 Ve, E(B-V)=0.09). Arguments are put forward to suggest its possible origin in the circumstellar shell.

1981 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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