High-angular resolution observations of the Pistol star
Abstract
First results of near-IR adaptive optics (AO)-assisted imaging, interferometry, and spectroscopy of this Luminous Blue Variable (LBV) are presented. They suggest that the Pistol Star is at least double. If the association is physical, it would reinforce questions concerning the importance of multiplicity for the formation and evolution of extremely massive stars.
- Publication:
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Active OB Stars: Structure, Evolution, Mass Loss, and Critical Limits
- Pub Date:
- July 2011
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1010.3342
- Bibcode:
- 2011IAUS..272..616M
- Keywords:
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- binaries: general;
- circumstellar matter;
- stars: early-type;
- stars: mass loss;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- poster at IAUS272