The milky way project first data release: A bubblier galactic disc

RJ Simpson, MS Povich, S Kendrew… - Monthly Notices of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We present a new catalogue of 5106 infrared bubbles created through visual classification
via the online citizen science website '; The Milky Way Project'. Bubbles in the new …

[HTML][HTML] Planetary Nebulae Research: Past, Present, and Future

S Kwok - Galaxies, 2024 - mdpi.com
We review the evolution of our understanding of the planetary nebulae phenomenon and
their place in the scheme of stellar evolution. The historical steps leading to our current …

PALM-3000: exoplanet adaptive optics for the 5 m Hale telescope

R Dekany, J Roberts, R Burruss… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe and report first results from PALM-3000, the second-generation astronomical
adaptive optics (AO) facility for the 5.1 m Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory. PALM …

The 21 μm and 30 μm emission features in carbon-rich objects

K Volk, GC Sloan, KE Kraemer - Astrophysics and Space Science, 2020 - Springer
We review the observational properties and possible carriers of the 21 and 30 μm features
seen in the spectra of evolved carbon-rich objects. The 30 μm feature is generally taken to …

Luminosities and Masses of Single Galactic Post-asymptotic Giant Branch Stars with Distances from Gaia EDR3: The Revelation of an s-process Diversity

D Kamath, H Van Winckel, P Ventura… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Post-asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars are exquisite probes of AGB nucleosynthesis.
However, the previous lack of accurate distances jeopardized comparison with theoretical …

Investigating anomalous photochemistry in the inner wind of IRC+ 10216 through interferometric observations of HC3N

MA Siebert, M Van de Sande, TJ Millar… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In recent years, many questions have arisen regarding the chemistry of photochemical
products in the carbon-rich winds of evolved stars. To address them, it is imperative to …

A catalogue of integrated H α fluxes for 1258 Galactic planetary nebulae

DJ Frew, IS Bojičić, QA Parker - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
We present a catalogue of new integrated Hα fluxes for 1258 Galactic planetary nebulae
(PNe), with the majority, totalling 1234, measured from the Southern Hα Sky Survey Atlas …

3D models of the circumstellar environments of evolved stars: Formation of multiple spiral structures

E Aydi, S Mohamed - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We present 3D hydrodynamic models of the interaction between the outflows of evolved,
pulsating, Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars and nearby (< 3 stellar radii) substellar …

New light on Galactic post-asymptotic giant branch stars–I. First distance catalogue

SB Vickers, DJ Frew, QA Parker… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We have commenced a detailed analysis of the known sample of Galactic post-asymptotic
giant branch (PAGB) objects compiled in the Toruń catalogue of Szczerba et al., and …

A mid-IR interferometric survey with MIDI/VLTI: resolving the second-generation protoplanetary disks around post-AGB binaries

M Hillen, H Van Winckel, J Menu, R Manick… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
Aims. We present a mid-IR interferometric survey of the circumstellar environment of a
specific class of post-asymptotic giant branch (post-AGB) binaries. For this class the …