DISCOVERY OF AN INTENSE OH EMISSION SOURCE,

Abstract

This letter reports the discovery of a bright OH emission source at 1612.231 MHz in the constellation Canis Major. The source was discovered with the Owens Valley interferometer in October, 1968. There is a bright infrared object listed close to the position of the source in the Caltech catalog of infrared stars (Neugebauer and Leighton 1968). This infrared object has been identified with an irregular variable, VY Canis Majoris. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0681708

Entities

People

  • B. Eliasson
  • J. F. Bartlett

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Constellations
  • Emission
  • Infrared Stars
  • Interferometers
  • Stars

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Astronomy/Astrophysics