An energetic stellar outburst accompanied by circumstellar light echoes

Nature

Volumn 422, Issue 6930, 2003, Pages 405-408

  Bond, Howard E ^a   Henden, Arne ^b   Levay, Zoltan G ^a   Panagla, Nino ^a   Sparks, William B ^a   Starrfield, Sumner ^c   Mark Wagner, R ^d   Corradl, R L M ^e   Munarl, U ^f  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e ISAAC NEWTON GROUP OF TELESCOPES   (Spain)

^f INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT; POLARIMETERS;

CIRCUMSTELLAR LIGHT ECHOES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; COSMOS; DUST; EXPLOSION; GEOMETRY; LIGHT; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE; WIND;

EID: 0242668763     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01508     Document Type: Article

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