Molecules in celestial objects. I - Circumstellar CO in 9 Cephei /B2Ib/

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

India

Abstract

The column density of interstellar CO towards 9 Cep has been determined and a tentative identification of circumstellar CO around the star made. This is the first identification of a molecule around a B star. The circumstellar column density of CO and rate of mass loss have been estimated.

1980 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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