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| Keywords: IRAS 16029-3041 (2MASS).jpg The star OH 345 0+15 7 AFGL source GL 1822; IRAS 16029-3041 is an OH hydroxyl line emitter and has no optical counterpart It is likely a late M-type star with a very dense dusty circumstellar envelope at a distance of about 6 kpc 19600 light years from us It is losing its mass at a rate of 1 4 x 10-4 solar masses per year implying that it is in a superwind phase at the tip of the asymptotic giant branch Persi et al 1990 A A 237 153 The wind is moving out from the star at about 13 km/sec Persi et al in 1985 June found a K magnitude of 6 82 for the star the 2MASS Ks magnitude is 6 87 ± 0 02; the 2MASS color is J-Ks 8 72 The OH/IR star is likely nearing the end of its life The red stars trailing to the south in decreasing brightness are ghost artifacts of the bright OH/IR star 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 2MASS IRAS images | ||||
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