Revealing the nature of the B[e] star MWC 342
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Anatoly S. Miroshnichenko, Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: We carried out an analysis of existing multicolor
photometry and optical spectroscopy of MWC 342, a B[e] star with an uncertain evolutionary state. The star shows a gradual brightening in the optical and near-IR regions, while its Balmer
lines demonstrate a relative stability of their shapes over the last 50 years. Recent high-resolution spectroscopic observations did
not reveal the presence of photospheric lines. The hypotheses about the nature of MWC 342 suggested in the literature are briefly discussed. It is shown that the object’s properties, such as the Balmer line profiles and shapes of the IR excess, are similar to those of several other B[e] stars including MWC 84 = CI Cam, which underwent a strong outburst in April 1998. We suggest that MWC 342 is likely to be an evolved object, perhaps a binary system with a compact secondary, which may also undergo an outburst in the nearest future.
Revealing the nature of the B[e] star MWC 342
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Astronomy and Astrophysics 349, 126–134 (1999)
- Language: English
- Date: 1999
- Keywords
- techniques: photometric, techniques: spectroscopic
, stars: circumstellar matter, stars: emission-line, Be, stars: individual: MWC 342