The Peculiar Binary System Epsilon Aurigae
Abstract
Over the years, many models have been proposed for the system ɛ Aurigae; and in this communication we show that it could be a system where a visible star is eclipsed by a disc of dust and gas orbiting about it and lying in the plane of the orbit. Such a disc must be opaque across its centre but becomes transparent near its edges. It transpires that such a disc could have dimensions consistent with it being a pre-planetary nebula.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- December 1976
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00642678
- Bibcode:
- 1976Ap&SS..45..439H
- Keywords:
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- Binary Stars;
- Main Sequence Stars;
- Stellar Mass;
- Stellar Models;
- Stellar Structure;
- Cosmic Dust;
- Disks (Shapes);
- Nebulae;
- Stellar Evolution;
- Visibility;
- Astrophysics