SSC 08546+1732: A Faint, Dust-Enshrouded Carbon Star at High Galactic Latitude|A Faint, Dust-Enshrouded Carbon Star at High Galactic Latitude
dc.contributor.author | Cutri, R. M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Low, F. J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kleinmann, S. G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Olszewski, E. W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Willner, S. P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Campbell, B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gillett, F. C. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-05T19:31:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-06-05T19:31:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1988-12 | |
dc.identifier.citation | AJ 97: 866-872 (March 1989) | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623922 | |
dc.description.abstract | During the initial phase of a program to search for sub -stellar candidates at high galactic latitudes in the IRAS Serendipitous Survey Catalog, one source, SSC 08546 +1732, was found to have no optical counterpart on the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey plates. Ground based positional, photometric and spectroscopic observations have identified this source as a heavily dust - enshrouded carbon star, similar to those found in the Galactic plane. The high latitude and relative faintness of this source imply that it lies at a distance of 20 - 50 kpc, and is 10 to 30 kpc out of the plane of the Galaxy. SSC 08546 +1732, along with one other distant obscured carbon star found in the IRAS Point Source Catalog (Low 1987; Beichman e1: al. 1988), represent the first examples of such objects found in the Galactic halo. These stars may either have evolved from population I precursors ejected from the disk, or they may be the first obscured Population II halo carbon stars to be observed. A survey for other distant enshrouded carbon stars in the IRAS Faint Source Catalog should help to elucidate the nature of this new population. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
dc.publisher | Steward Observatory, The University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Preprints of the Steward Observatory #851 | en |
dc.relation.url | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1989AJ.....97..866C&db_key=AST&data_type=HTML&format=&high=3ed65e9cd025148 | en |
dc.rights | Copyright © All Rights Reserved. | en |
dc.source | Steward Observatory Parker Library SO QB 4 .S752 ARCH | en |
dc.subject | Carbon stars | en |
dc.subject | Surveys | en |
dc.subject | Spectrophotometry | en |
dc.subject | Catalogs | en |
dc.title | SSC 08546+1732: A Faint, Dust-Enshrouded Carbon Star at High Galactic Latitude|A Faint, Dust-Enshrouded Carbon Star at High Galactic Latitude | en_US |
dc.type | text | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.contributor.department | Univ Arizona, Steward Observ | en |
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refterms.dateFOA | 2018-05-17T19:18:51Z | |
html.description.abstract | During the initial phase of a program to search for sub -stellar candidates at high galactic latitudes in the IRAS Serendipitous Survey Catalog, one source, SSC 08546 +1732, was found to have no optical counterpart on the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey plates. Ground based positional, photometric and spectroscopic observations have identified this source as a heavily dust - enshrouded carbon star, similar to those found in the Galactic plane. The high latitude and relative faintness of this source imply that it lies at a distance of 20 - 50 kpc, and is 10 to 30 kpc out of the plane of the Galaxy. SSC 08546 +1732, along with one other distant obscured carbon star found in the IRAS Point Source Catalog (Low 1987; Beichman e1: al. 1988), represent the first examples of such objects found in the Galactic halo. These stars may either have evolved from population I precursors ejected from the disk, or they may be the first obscured Population II halo carbon stars to be observed. A survey for other distant enshrouded carbon stars in the IRAS Faint Source Catalog should help to elucidate the nature of this new population. |