Issue |
Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 129, Number 3, May I 1998
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Page(s) | 541 - 552 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:1998404 | |
Published online | 15 May 1998 |
High resolution spectroscopy of the post-red supergiant IRC+10420*
I. The data
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BZ, UK
Corresponding author: Send offprint request to: R.D. Oudmaijer e-mail: r.oudmaijer@ic.ac.uk
Received:
5
September
1997
Accepted:
27
October
1997
A high resolution optical spectrum of the post-red supergiant candidate
IRC+10420 is presented. The Utrecht Echelle Spectrograph observations, with
a total integration time of more than 9 hours, provide a spectral coverage
from 3850 Åto 1 μm, and a spectral resolution of 9 km s-1. The
spectrum is shown, and an identification list of lines in the spectrum
is provided. From a preliminary analysis of the spectrum we find that
the spectral type of IRC+10420 has changed from F8I in 1973 to mid- to
early A type now, confirming the results of Oudmaijer et al. (1996), who claimed a change in temperature based on photometric
changes. It is shown that most of the emission lines in the spectrum of
IRC+10420 are blue-shifted with respect to the systemic velocity traced by
circumstellar rotational CO emission, while the (few)
absorption lines - with the exception of some high excitation lines -
are red-shifted by 25 km s-1, which may suggest infall of material onto the
star. Finally, it is found that the interstellar extinction towards
IRC+10420 as traced by the Diffuse Interstellar Bands is very large, with an
inferred E(B–V)of 1.4 ± 0.5 compared to a total E(B–V)of 2.4.
Key words: stars: circumstellar matter / stars: emission-line, Be / stars: individual: IRC+10420 / stars: AGB and post-AGB / stars: supergiants
© European Southern Observatory (ESO), 1998