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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. 8.

Top: Color maps obtained with the ﹩K_{p}﹩, ﹩L_{p}﹩, and ﹩M_{s}﹩ AO images. The color scale (in a logarithmic strecht) is shown in the wedge at the top of the boxes. Circles indicate the position and size of the small, relatively blue patches used for studying the central illuminating source (§ 5). Bottom: F814W−F606W color map (gray scale); the F814W image (contours) is superimposed.

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