Infrared Space Observatory observations of far-infrared rotational emission lines of water vapor toward the supergiant star VY Canis Majoris

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 517, Issue 2 PART 2, 1999, Pages

  Neufeld, David A ^a   Feuchtgruber, Helmut ^b   Harwit, Martin ^c   Melnick, Gary J ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumstellar matter; Infrared: stars; Molecular processes; Stars: abundances; Stars: individual (VY Canis Majoris); Supergiants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033147274     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/312036     Document Type: Article

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