MAKE A MEME View Large Image IRAS 06088+1909 (2MASS).jpg Atlas Image Mosaic of the carbon star IRAS 06088+1909 Carbon stars are evolved stars similar to the Sun which are nearing the ends of their lives in the so-called asymptotic giant branch phase Many form dusty ...
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Keywords: IRAS 06088+1909 (2MASS).jpg Atlas Image Mosaic of the carbon star IRAS 06088+1909 Carbon stars are evolved stars similar to the Sun which are nearing the ends of their lives in the so-called asymptotic giant branch phase Many form dusty carbon-rich envelopes due to mass loss which makes the very red in color especially in the near-infrared IRAS 06088+1909 is a very dusty carbon star toward the Galactic anticenter Jura Kleinmann 1990 ApJ 364 663 2MASS is particularly sensitive to carbon stars Liebert et al 2000 PASP 112 1315 report on several very cool carbon stars in or beyond the Galactic halo some of which are heavily dust enshrouded They conclude that 2MASS can be used to define a useful sample of carbon stars at high Galactic latitude as tracers of the halo out to distances comparable to the Magellanic Clouds In the 2MASS image the fainter reddish stars immediately east of due north and west of due south of both IRAS 06088+1909 and the bluer bright star to its northeast are known 2MASS filter glint artifacts; known diffraction spike and persistence artifacts are also seen associated with these two bright stars Image mosaic by S Van Dyk IPAC http //www ipac caltech edu/2mass/gallery/images_iras html 2MASS Atlas Image Gallery Various IRAS Sources Two Micron All Sky Survey 2MASS a joint project of the University of Massachusetts and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center/California Institute of Technology funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation 2MASS Atlas image Stars 2MASS IRAS images
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