The Antares emission nebula and mass loss of \sf α Scorpii A

2008/09/26 by D. Reimers, H. -J. Hagen, H.-J. Hagen +3 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200809983

11 pages, 9 postscript figures accepted for A&A

arxiv created 2008/09/26 · openalex publication_date 2008/10/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

Aims. The Antares nebula is a peculiar emission nebula seen in numerous [] lines and in radio free-free emission, probably associated with the H ii region caused by α Sco B in the wind of α Sco A. High-resolution spectra with spatial resolution were used to study the emission line spectrum, the physical nature of the nebula and to determine the mass-loss rate of the M supergiant α Sco A.

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