High-resolution, long-slit spectroscopy of VY Canis Majoris: The evidence for localized high mass loss events

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 492-510

  Humphreys, Roberta M ^a   Davidson, Kris ^a   Ruch, Gerald ^a   Wallerstein, George ^b  

^a University of Minnesota ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumstellar matter; Stars: activity; Stars: individual (VY Canis Majoris); Stars: winds, outflows; Supergiants

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644388100     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426565     Document Type: Article

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