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OH/IR stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud: the observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

P. R. Wood ,
M. S. Bessell ,
S.M.G. Hughes ,
A. R. Hyland ,
J. B. Whiteoak ,
F. F. Gardner  and
R. E. Otrupcek
P. R. Wood
Affiliation:
Mt. Stromlo & Siding Spring observatories, ANU, Woden, ACT, 2600, Australia
M. S. Bessell
Affiliation:
Mt. Stromlo & Siding Spring observatories, ANU, Woden, ACT, 2600, Australia
S.M.G. Hughes
Affiliation:
Mt. Stromlo & Siding Spring observatories, ANU, Woden, ACT, 2600, Australia
A. R. Hyland
Affiliation:
Mt. Stromlo & Siding Spring observatories, ANU, Woden, ACT, 2600, Australia
J. B. Whiteoak
Affiliation:
Australia Telescope National Facility† Epping, NSW, 2121 Australia
F. F. Gardner
Affiliation:
Australia Telescope National Facility† Epping, NSW, 2121 Australia
R. E. Otrupcek
Affiliation:
Australia Telescope National Facility† Epping, NSW, 2121 Australia

Abstract

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In 1985 we began a search for OH/IR objects in the Magellanic Clouds. The first detection was reported by Wood, Bessell & Whiteoak (1986). Subsequent searches have yielded several of these objects and other highly-evolved stars obscured by thick circumstellar shells.

The 1612-MHz OH observations were made using the Parkes 64-m radio telescope. Most of the observations utilized a dual-channel cryogenic receiver providing a system temperature of around 38 K on cold sky. The OH spectra were obtained with the Parkes digital correlator split into 512-channel segments. Bandwidths of 2 MHz provided a resolution of 7.8 kHz (equivalent to 1.5 km s−1 in radial velocity) after Hanning smoothing. The mode of observation has been described by Whiteoak and Gardner (1976). Typically, an integration period of 60 minutes was used; this yielded a detection limit (3a) of around 50 mJy for an OH feature. Detected emission was reobserved with a 1-MHz bandwidth. A search was also made for 1665-MHz OH emission.

Type
Stellar Evolution
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 148: The Magellanic Clouds , 1991 , pp. 386 - 387
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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