High-resolution CO observation of the carbon star CIT 6 revealing the spiral structure and a nascent bipolar outflow

Hyosun Kim, Sheng-Yuan Liu, Naomi Hirano +8

CIT 6 is a carbon star in the transitional phase from the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) to the protoplanetary nebulae (pPN). Observational evidences of two point sources in the opt…