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Probing post-AGB metamorphosis with NIR Adaptive Optics Imaging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2006

C. Sánchez Contreras
Affiliation:
Dpto. de Astrofísica Molecular e Infrarroja, IEM-CSIC, Serrano 121, 28006 Madrid, Spain email: carmen@damir.iem.csic.es
D. Le Mignant
Affiliation:
W. M. Keck Observatory, 65-1120 Mamalahoa Highway, Kamuela, HI 96743, USA
R. Sahai
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, MS 183-900, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
F. H. Chaffee
Affiliation:
W. M. Keck Observatory, 65-1120 Mamalahoa Highway, Kamuela, HI 96743, USA
M. Morris
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, UCLA, Box 951562, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1547, USA
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Abstract

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We present 1.6-4.7 $\mu$m images of PPNe and young PNe recently obtained with the Keck Adaptive Optics (AO) system. These observations provide higher angular resolution and probe deeper into the dusty envelopes of post-AGB objects than HST images and, therefore, show with unprecedented detail the morphology of these nebulae. Some objects have limb-brightened lobes displaying a remarkable point-like symmetry, which suggests the presence of underlying precessing jets that may be carving out the nebular lobes. Our images also show a very rich structure at the very small scale of $\sim$0.” 1, including jet-like features, arcs, searchlight beams, as well as faint, extended halos in a number of objects.

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© 2006 International Astronomical Union