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Adaptive Optics Imaging of IRAS 18276−1431: A Bipolar Preplanetary Nebula with Circumstellar “Searchlight Beams” and “Arcs”

  • Authors: C. Sánchez Contreras, D. Le Mignant, R. Sahai, A. Gil de Paz, and M. Morris

Sánchez Contreras et al. 2007 The Astrophysical Journal 656 1150.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Fig. 11.

The ﹩L_{p}﹩−﹩K_{p}﹩ (left) and ﹩M_{s}﹩−﹩L_{p}﹩ (center) color maps (contours) superimposed on the sharpened ﹩K_{p}﹩‐band image (gray scale), and the ﹩L_{p}﹩‐band image (right). In the right panel only the lowest (highest) contours of the ﹩L_{p}﹩−﹩K_{p}﹩ (﹩M_{s}﹩−﹩L_{p}﹩) map are shown. The cross plotted is located at the point where the beams cross at the nebula center and is oriented along at ﹩\mathrm{P.A.}\,=17^{\circ }﹩. Note the similar orientation of the outer and inner equatorial structure probed by the ﹩L_{p}﹩−﹩K_{p}﹩ and ﹩M_{s}﹩−﹩L_{p}﹩ color maps, and the ﹩L_{p}﹩‐band images.

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