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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. 12.

Surface brightness radial profiles through the center of the halo along the nebular major axis (﹩\mathrm{P.A.}\,=15^{\circ }{\mbox{--}} 25^{\circ }﹩; top) and the equator (﹩\mathrm{P.A.}\,=105^{\circ }{\mbox{--}} 115^{\circ }﹩; bottom) of the ﹩K_{p}﹩ (black), ﹩L_{p}﹩ (blue), and ﹩M_{s}﹩ (pink) images. Cuts are shifted by an arbitrary amount in the relative intensity axis for clarity. Thick (thin) lines are used for the NE (SW) lobe. Radial power laws ∝﹩r^{-4}﹩ and ∝﹩r^{-3}﹩ are shown for comparison (dotted lines).

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