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The Third Galactic Carbon Symbiotic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Regina E. Schulte-Ladbeck ,
D. Jack MacConnell  and
Nelson Zarate
Regina E. Schulte-Ladbeck
Affiliation:
Washburn Observatory, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 475 North Charter Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
D. Jack MacConnell
Affiliation:
Astronomy Programs, Computer Sciences Corporation, Space Telescope Science Institute, Homewood Campus, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
Nelson Zarate
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, Homewood Campus, Baltimore, Maryland 21218

Abstract

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Of the more than 100 symbiotic stars now known in our Galaxy, only two have previously been reported to contain carbon stars as their cool components. We here present observations of a third such object, which we wish to call Weaver’s star since Weaver (1972) first identified it as a symbiotic.

Type
Session 4. Contributions for other Individual Objects
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 103: The Symbiotic Phenomenon , 1988 , pp. 295 - 296
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1988

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