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The Walkaway Star HP Tau/G2: Evidence for a Stellar Merger

  • Authors: Bo Reipurth, J. Bally, P. Friberg, D. M. Faes, C. Briceño, M. S. Connelley, C. Flores, A. M. Cody, H. Zinnecker

Bo Reipurth et al 2026 The Astronomical Journal 171 .

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Caption: Figure 21.

The reflection nebula around G2 as seen with HST through several broadband filters (Credit G. Dûchene & G. Kober/ESA). Overlaid is the CO(J = 2–1) interferometric observations by G. Duvert et al. (2000) showing the small bipolar outflow emanating from G2 that they discovered with a total extent of about 5000 au. The two crosses represent G2 and G3. The main YSOs are identified. 2MASS refers to J04355760+2253574, which displays an edge-on disk shadow.

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