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An Apparent Precessing Helical Outflow from a Massive Evolved Star: Evidence for Binary Interaction
Ryan M. Lau, Matthew J. Hankins, Terry L. Herter +3
Massive, evolved stars play a crucial role in the metal-enrichment, dust budget, and energetics of the interstellar medium, however, the details of their evolution are uncertain be…
Old supernova dust factory revealed at the Galactic center
Ryan M. Lau, Terry L. Herter, Mark R. Morris +2
Dust formation in supernova ejecta is currently the leading candidate to explain the large quantities of dust observed in the distant, early Universe. However, it is unclear whethe…
Spectral Calibration in the Mid-Infrared: Challenges and Solutions
G. C. Sloan, T. L. Herter, V. Charmandaris +3
We present spectra obtained with the Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) on the Spitzer Space Telescope of 33 K giants and 20 A dwarfs to assess their suitability as spectrophotometric sta…
Nature Versus Nurture: Luminous Blue Variable Nebulae in and near Massive Stellar Clusters at the Galactic Center
Ryan M. Lau, Terry L. Herter, Mark R. Morris +1
Three Luminous Blue Variables (LBVs) are located in and near the Quintuplet Cluster at the Galactic Center: the Pistol star, G0.120-0.048, and qF362. We present imaging at 19, 25,…
Mid-Infrared Imaging of the Bipolar Planetary Nebula M2-9 from SOFIA
M. W. Werner, R. Sahai, J. Davis +10
We have imaged the bipolar planetary nebula M2-9 using SOFIA's FORCAST instrument in six wavelength bands between 6.6 and 37.1 . A bright central point source, unresolved with…
Mid-IR FORCAST/SOFIA Observations of M82
T. Nikola, T. L. Herter, W. D. Vacca +9
We present 75"x75" size maps of M82 at 6.4 micron, 6.6 micron, 7.7 micron, 31.5 micron, and 37.1 micron with a resolution of ~4" that we have obtained with the mid-IR camera FORCAS…